名刺

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
trad. (名刺)		名	刺
simp. ^#(名刺)		名	刺

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi, “business card”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngcì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ci³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngcì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngcìh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: míng-tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyh
  - Palladius: минцы (mincy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ ci³
  - Yale: mìhng chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
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Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengchix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: miâ-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miachix
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mè-sì
  - Tâi-lô: mè-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: measix
  - IPA (Taipei): /mẽ¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ si²¹/

Note: mè-sì - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

名刺

(literary or Hokkien) visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes

In Mandarin, this word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart 名片 (míngpiàn).
In Taiwanese Hokkien, this word is as frequently used as 名片 (míngpiàn). Besides, mè-sì, phonologically borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi), is regarded as one of standardized forms.[1][2]
In Xiamen Hokkien, this word is dated, synonymous to 門帖／门帖.

Synonyms

名片 (míngpiàn)
(obsolete) 名帖 (míngtiě)
(Hokkien) 片單／片单, 門帖／门帖

References

張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “mè-sì”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 365.
“Entry #20463”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	刺
めい Grade: 1	し Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi)

business card; calling card.
名(めい)刺(し)を出(だ)す
meishi o dasu
to present one's calling card

名(めい)刺(し)の渡(わた)し方(かた)と受(う)け取(と)り方(かた)
meishi no watashikata to uketorikata
the way of handing over and receiving business cards

名(めい)刺(し)交(こう)換(かん)
meishi kōkan
business card exchange

Usage notes

Counter is 枚 or 葉.

References

Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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