美式

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	type; form; pattern type; form; pattern; style
trad. (美式)		美	式
simp. #(美式)		美	式

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-sek / bí-siak
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵me-seq₇ / ³me-seq₇

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měishìh
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-shih⁴
    • Yale: Měi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeishyh
    • Palladius: Мэйши (Mɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: méih sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-sek
    • Tâi-lô: bí-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-siak
    • Tâi-lô: bí-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bysiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵me-seq₇
    • MiniDict: 'me^去 seh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'me-seq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me³³ səʔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³me-seq₇
    • MiniDict: 'me^上 seh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me⁵² səʔ¹¹/

Adjective

美式

1. (attributive) American-style

Derived terms

• 美式咖啡 (Měishì kāfēi)
• 美式英語 / 美式英语 (Měishì Yīngyǔ)
• 美式足球 (Měishì zúqiú)

Noun

美式

1. Short for 美式咖啡 (Měishì kāfēi, “americano”).