滾梯

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	ladder
trad. (滾梯)		滾	梯
simp. (滚梯)		滚	梯

Etymology

Short for 滾動扶梯／滚动扶梯 (gǔndòng fútī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔntī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² tai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔntī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔnti
    • Wade–Giles: kun³-tʻi¹
    • Yale: gwǔn-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goenti
    • Palladius: гуньти (gunʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan² tai¹
    • Yale: gwán tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen² tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

滾梯

1. (Mainland China) escalator

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	自動扶梯, 電動扶梯, 電扶梯, 手扶梯
	Malaysia	電梯
	Singapore	電動扶梯, 電梯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扶手電梯, 行人電梯, 自動電梯, 電梯, 自動梯, 扶梯
	Macau	電梯
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	電梯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	扶手電梯, 電梯, 扶梯