霉霉
Chinese
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trad. (霉霉) | 霉 | 霉 | |
simp. #(霉霉) | 霉 | 霉 |
Etymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- Jin (Wiktionary): mei1 mei1-3
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mei1 mei1-3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹ mei¹¹⁻⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
edit霉霉
Synonyms
editEtymology 2
editBlend of 美女 (měinǚ) + 倒霉 (dǎoméi).
At early stages since her debut, Taylor was nicknamed 小美女 (xiǎo měinǚ, literally “little beauty”) by Chinese fans. However, at that time she often ranked the second in Billboard Hot 100 despite her popularity. Some fans then modified her nickname into 小霉女 (literally “little unlucky girl”).
Note that 美 (měi) and 霉 (méi) are pronounced the same in both nicknames because of tone sandhi.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Méiméi
- Wade–Giles: Mei2-mei2
- Yale: Méi-méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meimei
- Palladius: Мэймэй (Mɛjmɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
edit霉霉