麥淇淋

See also: 麦淇淋

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	cream
trad. (麥淇淋)		麥	淇淋
simp. (麦淇淋)		麦	淇淋

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English margarine, or French margarine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiqílín

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ kei⁴ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiqílín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màicílín
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-chʻi²-lin²
    • Yale: mài-chí-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maychyilin
    • Palladius: майцилинь (majcilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ kei⁴ lam⁴
    • Yale: mahk kèih làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ kei⁴ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ kéi⁴ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² kʰei̯²¹ lɐm²¹/

Noun

麥淇淋

1. margarine (spread)

Synonyms

• 人造奶油 (rénzào nǎiyóu)
• 人造黃油／人造黄油 (rénzào huángyóu)
• 植物牛油 (zhíwù niúyóu)
• 植物黃油／植物黄油 (zhíwù huángyóu)
• 瑪琪琳／玛琪琳 (mǎqílín)
• 馬芝蓮／马芝莲 (mǎzhīlián) (chiefly Cantonese)