油麻地

Chinese

		sesame	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (油麻地)		油麻	地
simp. ^#(油麻地)		油麻	地
alternative forms		油蔴地／油麻地 dated

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yóumádì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶yeu-mo-di

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yóumádì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yóumádì
  - Wade–Giles: Yu²-ma²-ti⁴
  - Yale: Yóu-má-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Youmadih
  - Palladius: Юмади (Jumadi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ mä³⁵ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
  - Yale: yàuh màh déi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ maa⁴ dei^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ ma⁴ déi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ maː²¹ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu-mo-di
  - MiniDict: yeu^去 mo di
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-mo-di
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² mo⁵⁵ di²¹/

Proper noun

油麻地

Yau Ma Tei (an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Descendants

→ English: Yau Ma Tei, Yaumatei, Yaumati

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