耳機

See also: 耳机

Chinese

		ear	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (耳機)		耳	機
simp. (耳机)		耳	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gei¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hī-ki / hīⁿ-ki / ní-ki

  (Teochew, Peng'im): re² gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrji
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-chi¹
    • Yale: ěr-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelji
    • Palladius: эрцзи (erczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gei¹
    • Yale: yíh gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-ki
    • Tâi-lô: hī-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixky
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /hi²¹ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-ki
    • Tâi-lô: hīnn-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvixky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ní-ki
    • Tâi-lô: ní-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ny'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: re² gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ́ ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ ki³³/

Noun

耳機

1. headphones; earphones

   頭戴式耳機／头戴式耳机  ―  tóudàishì ěrjī  ―  headset

2. telephone receiver

Synonyms

• (earphones):

Dialectal synonyms of 耳機 (“earphones; headphones”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳機, 耳機子, 耳塞 earphones
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	耳機, 耳塞 earphones
	Singapore	耳機
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	耳機子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳機, 耳筒
	Hong Kong	耳機, 耳筒, 耳塞 earphones
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	耳機

• (telephone receiver):

Dialectal synonyms of 受話器 (“telephone receiver”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		受話器, 受話機, 聽筒, 耳機 Mainland China
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	耳機子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聽筒
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽筒, 耳機

Descendants

• → Bouyei: erjjiy
• → Zhuang: wjgih