迷你

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	you
trad. (迷你)		迷	你
simp. #(迷你)		迷	你
Literally: “to enchant you”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English mini.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ nei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bê-ní

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-ni³
    • Yale: mí-nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minii
    • Palladius: мини (mini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ni²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴ nei⁵
    • Yale: màih néih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ nei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ néi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ nei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê-ní
    • Tâi-lô: bê-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³⁻²² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

迷你

1. mini; small; compact

   迷你模式  ―  mínǐ móshì  ―  compact mode [of a media player]

Derived terms

• 迷你裙 (mínǐqún)