fax機

Chinese

		fax	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (fax機)		fax	機
simp. (fax机)		fax	机

Etymology

Partial calque of English fax machine.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fek¹ si² gei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fek¹ si² gei¹
    • Yale: fēk sí gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fek⁷ si² gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fég¹ xi² géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɛːk̚⁵ siː³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

fax機

1. (Cantonese) fax machine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳真機 (“fax machine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳真機
Mandarin	Taiwan	傳真機
	Singapore	傳真機
Cantonese	Hong Kong	fax機
Wu	Shanghai	傳真機