勿街

Chinese

		phonetic	street
simp. and trad. (勿街)		勿	街

Etymology

Transcription of English Mott into Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wùjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wùjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wùjie
    • Wade–Giles: Wu⁴-chieh¹
    • Yale: Wù-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuhjie
    • Palladius: Уцзе (Ucze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gaai¹
    • Yale: maht gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

勿街

1. Mott Street (major street in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City)

   • 華埠的主要購物街多半垂下鐵閘,經常人擠人的「勿街」,呈現出一種空蕩蕩的深沉落寞,餐館也歇了業,只有兩家點心鋪的門是開著的。 [MSC, trad.]
     华埠的主要购物街多半垂下铁闸,经常人挤人的「勿街」,呈现出一种空荡荡的深沉落寞,餐馆也歇了业,只有两家点心铺的门是开著的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009, 忽成歐洲過客, 趙淑俠 (Zhao Shuxia)

     Huábù de zhǔyào gòuwù jiē duōbàn chuí xià tiězhá, jīngcháng rén jǐ rén de “wùjiē”, chéngxiàn chū yīzhǒng kōngdàngdàng de shēnchén luòmò, cānguǎn yě xiē le yè, zhǐyǒu liǎng jiā diǎnxīn pū de mén shì kāi zhù de. [Pinyin]

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