咪高峰

Chinese

		sound to call cat	peak; summit; height peak; summit; height; summit; summit conference
trad. (咪高峰/咪高峯)		咪	高峰/高峯
simp. (咪高峰)		咪	高峰

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English microphone.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹ gou¹ fung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Yale: māi gōu fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

咪高峰

1. (Cantonese) microphone (Classifier: 支 c)
   • 2015, “夜幕天星”, 簡 [Alan Kan], Oscar (lyrics), 簡 [Alan Kan] and 賴映彤 [Lai Ying Tong] (music)‎^[1]performed by C AllStar:

     咪高峰　輸出心聲　讓你跟我接通 [Cantonese, trad.]
     咪高峰　输出心声　让你跟我接通 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mai¹ gou¹ fung¹, syu¹ ceot¹ sam¹ sing¹, joeng⁶ nei⁵ gan¹ ngo⁵ zip³ tung¹ [Jyutping]

     The microphone conveys my heart, letting you connect with me

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風
Mandarin	Taiwan	麥克風, 話筒, 麥
	Singapore	麥克風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 話筒
	Hong Kong	咪, 咪高峰
Hakka	Meixian	咪, 麥克風, 話筒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥克
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥克
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥克
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥克, 放送頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥克
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥克
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥克風, 話筒
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	麥克
	Tainan (Anping)	麥克
	Shantou	麥克風, 話筒
Wu	Shanghai	麥克風, 話筒
	Wenzhou	話筒, 麥