太妃

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	imperial concubine
trad. (太妃)		太	妃
simp. #(太妃)		太	妃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàifēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ fei¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tha-fi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàifēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàifei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: tài-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayfei
    • Palladius: тайфэй (tajfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ fei¹
    • Yale: taai fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-fi
    • MiniDict: tha^去 fi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-fi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ fi⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

太妃

1. (historical) imperial concubine of the late emperor

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English toffee, via Shanghainese.

Noun

太妃

1. (～糖) toffee (candy)