吐司

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (吐司)		吐	司
alternative forms		土司

Etymology

Borrowed from English toast, via Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tóu-si
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thu-sy₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔsih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tǔ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuusy
    • Palladius: тусы (tusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 吐司 土司

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ si¹
    • Yale: tou sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tóu-si
    • Tâi-lô: tóu-si
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /tou⁵³⁻²⁴ si⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹thu-sy₁
    • MiniDict: thu^平 sy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thu-sr₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰu⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

吐司

1. toast
2. (proscribed) sliced bread; loaf

Synonyms

• (toast):

Dialectal synonyms of 吐司 (“toast (bread)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐司, 烤麵包
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烤吐司
Cantonese	Guangzhou	多士
	Hong Kong	多士
	Taishan	多士
Wu	Shanghai	吐司

• (sliced bread): (Cantonese) 方包, (Hakka) 削胖, (Hokkien) 俗麭／俗𮮆