bi-tá-bín
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Hokkien[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese ビタミン (bitamin).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi-tá-bín
- Tâi-lô: bi-tá-bín
- Phofsit Daibuun: bi'dafbien
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin⁵³/
Noun[edit]
bi-tá-bín
- (Taiwan) vitamin
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
---|---|---|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 維生素, 維他命 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 維他命, 維生素 |
Singapore | 維他命 | |
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | витамин | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 維生素 |
Hong Kong | 維他命 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 維他命 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 維他命 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 維他命 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 維他命 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 維他命 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 維他命 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 維生素 |
Quanzhou | 維生素 | |
Zhangzhou | 維生素 | |
Taipei | 維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT | |
Wu | Shanghai | 維他命 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Further reading[edit]
- “Entry #20384”, 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.