盲字

Chinese

		blind	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (盲字)		盲	字
simp. #(盲字)		盲	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mángzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángzìh
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: máng-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangtzyh
    • Palladius: манцзы (manczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: màahng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-lī
    • Tâi-lô: bông-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² li²²/

Noun

盲字

1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)

Synonyms

• 布萊葉／布莱叶 (Bùláiyè) (informal)
• 布萊葉盲文／布莱叶盲文 (Bùláiyè mángwén)
• 盲文 (mángwén)
• 點字／点字 (diǎnzì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 盲字 (“braille”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲字, 點字, 盲文
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	點字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	點字, 凸字
Southern Min	Xiamen	盲字, 點字, 盲文
	Quanzhou	盲文
	Zhangzhou	盲文
	Taipei	點字 GT, 膨字 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)