賓士

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (賓士)		賓	士
simp. (宾士)		宾	士

Etymology

From English Benz.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ si^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pin-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Binshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Pin¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: Bīn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Binshyh
    • Palladius: Биньши (Binʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ si^6-2
    • Yale: bān sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Pin-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinsu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Proper noun

賓士

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Singapore) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奔馳 (“Mercedes-Benz”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奔馳 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賓士
	Singapore	賓士
Cantonese	Hong Kong	平治 formal, Benz