榻榻米

Chinese

		couch	couch	rice; metre
trad. (榻榻米)		榻	榻	米
simp. #(榻榻米)		榻	榻	米
alternative forms		塌塌米 他他米

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 畳(たたみ) (tatami).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàtàmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ taap³ mai⁵, taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tha-tha-mí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tha-thá-mih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-tʻa⁴-mi³
    • Yale: tà-tà-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtahmii
    • Palladius: татами (tatami)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taap³ taap³ mai⁵, taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
    • Yale: taap taap máih, tā tā mī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ taap⁸ mai⁵, taa¹ taa¹ mi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tab³ tab³ mei⁵, ta¹ ta¹ mi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ tʰaːp̚³ mɐi̯¹³/, /tʰaː⁵⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ miː⁵⁵/

Note: taa1 taa1 mi1 - directly borrowed from Japanese.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tha-tha-mí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ta ta mi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ta⁴ ta⁴ mi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi³¹/

Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-thá-mih
    • Tâi-lô: tha-thá-mih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ta'tafmiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰa³³ tʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mĩʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/

Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

榻榻米

1. tatami (straw matting in Japanese houses)

See also

• 草蓆／草席 (cǎoxí)