金拱門

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	arch
trad. (金拱門)		金	拱門
simp. (金拱门)		金	拱门
Literally: “Golden Arches”.

金拱門 (lit. Golden Arches).

Etymology

The new company name after a rename in October 2017 in China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīngǒngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ gung² mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngǒngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jingǒngmén
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-kung³-mên²
    • Yale: Jīn-gǔng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingoongmen
    • Palladius: Цзиньгунмэнь (Czinʹgunmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ gung² mun⁴
    • Yale: gām gúng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ gung² mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ gung² mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kʊŋ³⁵ muːn²¹/

Proper noun

金拱門

1. (neologism, often humorous) McDonald's; Golden Arches

Usage notes

Commonly ridiculed as sounding too rustic.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麥當勞 (“McDonald's”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麥當勞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麥當勞
	Singapore	麥當勞
Cantonese	Hong Kong	麥當勞, 老麥, M記, 麥記, 牡丹樓, 金拱門
	Macau	麥當勞, 老麥, M記
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥當勞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥當勞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥當勞
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥當勞

See also

• 肥豬拱門／肥猪拱门
• 拱豬／拱猪 (gǒngzhū)