大陸妹

Chinese

Etymology 1

		continent; landmass; mainland	younger sister
trad. (大陸妹)		大陸	妹
simp. (大陆妹)		大陆	妹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlùmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ luk⁶ mui^6-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlùmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlùmèi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lu⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: dà-lù-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluhmey
    • Palladius: далумэй (dalumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ luk⁶ mui^6-1
    • Yale: daaih luhk mūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ luk⁹ mui^6-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ lug⁶ mui^6-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚² muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

大陸妹

1. (slightly derogatory) girl from Mainland China

Etymology 2

		continent; landmass; mainland	lettuce
trad. (大陸妹)		大陸	妹
simp. (大陆妹)		大陆	妹

妹 (mèi) is a phono-semantic matching from Hokkien 萵／莴 (meh) as in 萵仔菜／莴仔菜 (meh-á-chhài), also written as 妹仔菜.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlùmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlùmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlùmèi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lu⁴-mei⁴
    • Yale: dà-lù-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluhmey
    • Palladius: далумэй (dalumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

大陸妹

1. (Taiwan, potentially offensive) Fushan lettuce

   Synonyms: 福山萵苣／福山莴苣 (Fúshān wōjù), 莜麥菜／莜麦菜 (yóumàicài), 生菜 (shēngcài)

Usage notes

This term, while usually neutral, may sound offensive to Mainlanders because of its apparent meaning (Etymology 1). In 2018, the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China published a post on Facebook to proscribe the use of this term in favour of 福山萵苣／福山莴苣 (Fúshān wōjù) and other alternatives.