名刺

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
trad. (名刺)		名	刺
simp. #(名刺)		名	刺

Etymology

Taiwanese Hokkien mè-sì is borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi, “business card”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngcì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ci³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngcì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngcìh
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: míng-tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyh
    • Palladius: минцы (mincy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ci³
    • Yale: mìhng chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengchix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miachix
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mè-sì
    • Tâi-lô: mè-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: measix
    • IPA (Taipei): /mẽ¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ si²¹/

Note: mè-sì - from Japanese pronunciation.

Noun

名刺

1. (literary or Hokkien) visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, this word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart 名片 (míngpiàn).
• In Taiwanese Hokkien, this word is as frequently used as 名片 (míngpiàn). Besides, mè-sì, phonologically borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi), is regarded as one of standardized forms.
• In Xiamen Hokkien, this word is dated, synonymous to 門帖／门帖.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 名片 (“name card; business card”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		名刺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		名片
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	名片
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咭片, 名片
	Hong Kong	咭片
Hakka	Meixian	名片
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	名片
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	名片
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	名片
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	名片
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	名片
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	名片
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	名片
Jin	Taiyuan	名片
Southern Min	Xiamen	名片, 片單, 門帖, 名刺
	Quanzhou	名片
	Zhangzhou	名片
	Tainan	名片, mè-sì GT, 名誌 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	片單
	Shantou	名片
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	刺
めい Grade: 1	し Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi) 

1. business card; calling card.

   名(めい)刺(し)を出(だ)す

   meishi o dasu

   to present one's calling card

   名(めい)刺(し)の渡(わた)し方(かた)と受(う)け取(と)り方(かた)

   meishi no watashikata to uketorikata

   the way of handing over and receiving business cards

   名(めい)刺(し)交(こう)換(かん)

   meishi kōkan

   business card exchange

Usage notes

• Counter is 枚 or 葉.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.