七美

Chinese

		seven	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (七美)		七	美
simp. ^#(七美)		七	美

Etymology

Derived from 七美人塚 as a replacement for 大嶼 in 1949.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīměi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ mei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhit-mî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qīměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciměi
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-mei³
  - Yale: Chī-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chimeei
  - Palladius: Цимэй (Cimɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: chāt méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ mei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhit-mî
  - Hakka Romanization System: qid` mi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵ mi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚² mi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-bí
  - Tâi-lô: Tshit-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitbie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁴¹/

Proper noun

七美

(～鄉) Cimei, Qimei (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)
Synonym: (historical) 大嶼／大屿

Descendants

→ English: Cimei, Chimei, Ch'i-mei, Qimei

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