賽百味

Chinese

		to compete; competition; match	hundred	taste
trad. (賽百味)		賽	百	味
simp. (赛百味)		赛	百	味
Literally: “better than a hundred flavours”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Subway.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sàibǎiwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ baak³ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sàibǎiwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sàibǎiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Sai⁴-pai³-wei⁴
    • Yale: Sài-bǎi-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saybaewey
    • Palladius: Сайбайвэй (Sajbajvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ baak³ mei⁶
    • Yale: choi baak meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ baak⁸ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ bag³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ paːk̚³ mei̯²²/

Proper noun

賽百味

1. (Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore) Subway (fast food brand)