哀的美敦書

Chinese

		phonetic	book; letter
trad. (哀的美敦書)		哀的美敦	書
simp. (哀的美敦书)		哀的美敦	书

Etymology

English ultimatum + 書／书 (shū, “letter”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āidìměidūnshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ dik¹ mei⁵ deon¹ syu¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ai¹ di¹ mui² dung¹ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āidìměidūnshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aidìměidunshu
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-ti⁴-mei³-tun¹-shu¹
    • Yale: āi-dì-měi-dwūn-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aidihmeeiduenshu
    • Palladius: айдимэйдуньшу (ajdimɛjdunʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ dik¹ mei⁵ deon¹ syu¹
    • Yale: ōi dīk méih dēun syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ dik⁷ mei⁵ doen¹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ dig¹ méi⁵ dên¹ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵ mei̯¹³ tɵn⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ai¹ di¹ mui² dung¹ ze¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai ti múi tung tsṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³⁻²³ ti³³⁻²³ mui⁵²⁻³⁵ tuŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ³³/

Noun

哀的美敦書

1. (dated) ultimatum

Synonyms

• 最後通牒／最后通牒 (zuìhòutōngdié)