起司

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (起司)		起	司
simp. #(起司)		起	司

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheese, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙ

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹chi-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: chǐ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisy
    • Palladius: цисы (cisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹chi-sy
    • MiniDict: chi^平 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qi-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

起司

1. cheese

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奶酪 (“cheese”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶酪
Mandarin	Beijing	奶酪, 乳酪
	Taiwan	起司, 起士, 乳酪, 乾酪
	Tianjin	奶酪
	Guilin	奶酪
	Malaysia	起司, 芝士
	Singapore	起司, 芝士
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芝士
	Hong Kong	芝士
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	芝士
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	芝士
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	芝士
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芝士
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	芝士
	Móng Cái	奶油
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起士
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	起士
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	起士
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	起士
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	起士
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起士
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶酪, 乳酪, 鹹牛奶
	Taipei	奶酪, 乾酪, 刺乳, 鹹牛奶
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheese
	Chaozhou	芝士
Wu	Shanghai	起司
	Suzhou	起司
	Ningbo	起司