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

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• 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/
    • Homophones:

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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

1. (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.
• 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

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi) 

1. 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

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