甘蜜
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Chinese[edit]
sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) | honey | ||
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simp. and trad. (甘蜜) |
甘 | 蜜 |
Etymology[edit]
Phono-semantic matching of Malay gambir (“gambier”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ganmì
- Wade–Giles: kan1-mi4
- Yale: gān-mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmih
- Palladius: ганьми (ganʹmi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵ mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-bi̍t
- Tâi-lô: kam-bi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: kambit
- IPA (Singapore): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gam1 bhig8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam bi̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /kam³³⁻²³ bik̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
Noun[edit]
甘蜜
- (chiefly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) gambier (Uncaria gambir)
References[edit]
- Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Commercial”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 119