推特

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal
trad. (推特)		推	特
simp. #(推特)		推	特

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Twitter.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tuītè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ dak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tuītè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tueitè
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻui¹-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: Twēi-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tueiteh
    • Palladius: Туйтэ (Tujtɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ dak⁶
    • Yale: tēui dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/

Proper noun

推特

1. (Internet) Twitter (a social-networking website)