檳榔西施

See also: 槟榔西施

Chinese

		betel palm; betel nut; areca nut	Xi Shi; beautiful woman
trad. (檳榔西施)		檳榔	西施
simp. (槟榔西施)		槟榔	西施

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngláng xīshī, bīnláng xīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ, ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngláng xīshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingláng sishih
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-lang² hsi¹-shih¹
    • Yale: bīng-láng syī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binglang shishy
    • Palladius: бинлан сиши (binlan siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnláng xīshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binláng sishih
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-lang² hsi¹-shih¹
    • Yale: bīn-láng syī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binlang shishy
    • Palladius: биньлан сиши (binʹlan siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹
    • Yale: bān lòhng sāi sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ long⁴ sai¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ long⁴ sei¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 檳榔西施

1. “betel nut beauty” (previously common phenomenon of employing young, scantily clad women to sell betel nuts and cigarettes along the roadsides in Taiwan)

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