牡丹樓

Chinese

		tree peony; marlberry	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (牡丹樓)		牡丹	樓
simp. (牡丹楼)		牡丹	楼

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Mandarin 麥當勞／麦当劳 (Màidāngláo), which is from Cantonese 麥當勞／麦当劳 (mak⁶ dong¹ lou⁴).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵ daan¹ lau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁵ daan¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: máauh dāan làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵ daan¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁵ dan¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/

Proper noun

牡丹樓

1. (Cantonese, humorous) McDonald's

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥當勞 (“McDonald's”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥當勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麥當勞
	Singapore	麥當勞
Cantonese	Hong Kong	麥當勞, 老麥, M記, 麥記, 牡丹樓, 金拱門
	Macau	麥當勞, 老麥, M記
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥當勞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥當勞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥當勞