七美

Chinese

		seven	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (七美)		七	美
simp. #(七美)		七	美

Etymology

Derived from 七美人塚 as a replacement for 大嶼 in 1949.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ mei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhit-mî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciměi
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-mei³
    • Yale: Chī-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chimeei
    • Palladius: Цимэй (Cimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: chāt méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhit-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid^ˋ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵ mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚² mi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-bí
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitbie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ bi⁴¹/

Proper noun

七美

1. (～鄉) Cimei, Qimei (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)

   Synonym: (historical) 大嶼／大屿

Descendants

• → English: Cimei, Chimei, Ch'i-mei, Qimei