維他命

See also: 维他命

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	he; him; other	life; fate
trad. (維他命)		維	他	命
simp. (维他命)		维	他	命
Literally: “maintain his/her life”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English vitamin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéitāmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ taa¹ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-tha-mín
• Eastern Min (BUC): mì-tă-mêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-tha-bēng / ûi-thaⁿ-bēng / î-thaⁿ-bēng / bi-tá-bín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rui⁵ ta¹ mêng⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi-tha-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéitāmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéitamìng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-tʻa¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: wéi-tā-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weitaminq
    • Palladius: вэйтамин (vɛjtamin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ taa¹ ming⁶
    • Yale: wàih tā mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ taa¹ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ ta¹ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ tʰaː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-tha-mín
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ ta min`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ ta⁴ min³
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰa⁵⁵ min³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-tă-mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)la⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-tha-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: uî-tha-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'ta'beng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-thaⁿ-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: uî-thann-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'tva'beng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-thaⁿ-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: î-thann-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'tva'beng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi-tá-bín
    • Tâi-lô: bi-tá-bín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi'dafbien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rui⁵ ta¹ mêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi tha mĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰa³³⁻²³ meŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶vi-tha-min
    • MiniDict: vi^去 tha min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi-tha-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² tʰa⁵⁵ min²¹/

Noun

維他命

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, dated or dialectal in Mainland China) vitamin

   記得多吃蘋果哦，補充維他命。 [MSC, trad.]
   记得多吃苹果哦，补充维他命。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jìde duō chī píngguǒ ò, bǔchōng wéitāmìng. [Pinyin]

   Remember to eat more apples to get more vitamins.

Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 維生素／维生素 (wéishēngsù) is the preferred term; 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng) is considered dated.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 維生素 (“vitamin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		維生素, 維他命
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	維他命, 維生素
	Singapore	維他命
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	витамин
Cantonese	Guangzhou	維生素
	Hong Kong	維他命
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	維他命
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	維他命
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	維他命
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	維他命
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	維他命
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	維他命
Southern Min	Xiamen	維生素
	Quanzhou	維生素
	Zhangzhou	維生素
	Taipei	維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT
Wu	Shanghai	維他命
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 維他命A／维他命A (wéitāmìng-ēi)
• 維他命B／维他命B (wéitāmìng-bì)
• 維他命C／维他命C
• 維他命D／维他命D (wéitāmìng-dì)
• 維他命E／维他命E (wéitāmìng-yì)
• 維他命K／维他命K
• 維他命M／维他命M