麻豆

Chinese

Etymology 1

		measles	smallpox
trad. (麻豆)		麻	豆
simp. #(麻豆)		麻	豆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mádòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ dau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mádòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mádòu
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-tou⁴
    • Yale: má-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: madow
    • Palladius: мадоу (madou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ dau⁶
    • Yale: màh dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ tɐu̯²²/

Noun

麻豆

1. (literary) measles and smallpox

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (麻豆)		麻	豆
simp. #(麻豆)		麻	豆

Borrowed from Siraya Mattau.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mádòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ dau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Môa-tāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mádòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mádòu
    • Wade–Giles: Ma²-tou⁴
    • Yale: Má-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Madow
    • Palladius: Мадоу (Madou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ dau⁶
    • Yale: màh dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ tɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Môa-tāu
    • Tâi-lô: Muâ-tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moa'dau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ tau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

Proper noun

麻豆

1. (～區) Madou (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (麻豆)		麻	豆
simp. #(麻豆)		麻	豆

Borrowed from English model.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mádòu, mādòu, mādǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mádòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mádòu
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-tou⁴
    • Yale: má-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: madow
    • Palladius: мадоу (madou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mādòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: madòu
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-tou⁴
    • Yale: mā-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhadow
    • Palladius: мадоу (madou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mādǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: madǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-tou³
    • Yale: mā-dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhadoou
    • Palladius: мадоу (madou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

麻豆

1. (neologism) model; cyber model

   • 拍攝當天一開始請她拿手拿包拍，但照片看起來實在太像網拍麻豆，立刻請她換拿相機，現場大家也紛紛鼓吹她要不要再復出當麻豆（哈） [MSC, trad.]
     拍摄当天一开始请她拿手拿包拍，但照片看起来实在太像网拍麻豆，立刻请她换拿相机，现场大家也纷纷鼓吹她要不要再复出当麻豆（哈） [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015 October, ANGEL, 紅翻你的朋友圈！超人氣「網路素人」來報到, in 《FG美妝》, number 41, page 118

     pāishè dāngtiān yī kāishǐ qǐng tā ná shǒu ná bāo pāi, dàn zhàopiàn kànqǐlái shízài tài xiàng wǎngpāi mádòu, lìkè qǐng tā huàn ná xiàngjī, xiànchǎng dàjiā yě fēnfēn gǔchuī tā yào bùyào zài fùchū dāng mádòu (hā) [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 模特兒 (“model (person employed to display clothes or pose for an artist)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		模特兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	模特兒
	Taiwan	模特兒, 麻豆
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	模特兒
Mandarin	Singapore	模特兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	模特兒, 摩度
	Hong Kong	模特兒, 摩度
Southern Min	Xiamen	模特, 模特兒
	Quanzhou	模特兒
	Zhangzhou	模特兒
Wu	Suzhou	模特兒