MP4

English

Noun

MP4 (plural MP4s)

1. (file format) Short for MPEG-4 Part 14; A file format for playing music and videos.

Related terms

• MP3

Translations

short for MPEG-4 Part 14

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: MP4 (MP-sì)

• Finnish: MP4
• Polish: MP4 n
• Portuguese: MP4 (pt) m

Chinese

Etymology

Partial calque of English MP4. From English MP4 + 四 (sì, “four”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áimu-pì-sì

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹ pi¹ sei³, em¹ pi¹ fo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áimu-pì-sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áimůpìsìh
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-mu⁵-pʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: ái-mu-pì-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.mupihsyh
    • Palladius: аймуписы (ajmupisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ mu³ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹ pi¹ sei³, em¹ pi¹ fo¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined, colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹ pi¹ sei³, em¹ pi¹ fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ém¹ pi¹ séi³, ém¹ pi¹ fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ sei̯³³/, /ɛːm⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

MP4

1. MP4
2. Short for MP4播放器 (áimu-pì-sì bōfàngqì).

Related terms

• MP3 (áimu-pì-sān)