電扶梯

Chinese

		electric; electricity; electrical	escalator; staircase
trad. (電扶梯)		電	扶梯
simp. (电扶梯)		电	扶梯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànfútī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ fu⁴ tai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-hû-thui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànfútī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànfúti
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-fu²-tʻi¹
    • Yale: dyàn-fú-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannfwuti
    • Palladius: дяньфути (djanʹfuti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ fu³⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ fu⁴ tai¹
    • Yale: dihn fùh tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ fu⁴ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ fu⁴ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² fuː²¹ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hû-thui
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-hû-thui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnhu'tuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ hu²⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² hu²⁴⁻²² tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ hu¹³⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ hu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ hu²³⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/

Noun

電扶梯

1. escalator (mechanical device)

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