必勝客

Chinese

		to be sure of victory; to be bound to win; cannot fail	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (必勝客)		必勝	客
simp. (必胜客)		必胜	客
Literally: “bound to win customers”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Pizza Hut, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bìshèngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit¹ sing³ haak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bìshèngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bìshèngkè
    • Wade–Giles: Pi⁴-shêng⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Bì-shèng-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihshenqkeh
    • Palladius: Бишэнкэ (Bišɛnkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit¹ sing³ haak³
    • Yale: bīt sing haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁷ sing³ haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid¹ xing³ hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚⁵ sɪŋ³³ haːk̚³/

Proper noun

必勝客

1. Pizza Hut (brand)