肯德基

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (肯德基)		肯	德	基
simp. #(肯德基)		肯	德	基

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kentucky.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kěndéjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² dak¹ gei¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng² dêg⁴ gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kěndéjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kěndéji
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻên³-tê²-chi¹
    • Yale: Kěn-dé-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keenderji
    • Palladius: Кэньдэцзи (Kɛnʹdɛczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² dak¹ gei¹
    • Yale: háng dāk gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² dak⁷ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² deg¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng² dêg⁴ gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khéng tek ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tek̚²⁻⁴ ki³³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 肯德基

1. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) (fast food restaurant chain)

   在肯德基，我從來都是兩個辣漢堡、一杯大可。 [MSC, trad.]
   在肯德基，我从来都是两个辣汉堡、一杯大可。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài Kěndéjī, wǒ cónglái dōu shì liǎng ge là hànbǎo, yī bēi dàkě. [Pinyin]

   At Kentucky Fried Chicken, I have always ordered two spicy hamburgers and one large coke.

2. (～州) Kentucky (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• (Kentucky): (more common) 肯塔基 (Kěntǎjī)

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠺᠧᠨ
  ᠳ᠋ᠧ
  ᠵᠢᠢ (kēn dē ǰii)
• → Tibetan: ཁེན་ཐུ་ཁེ (khen thu khe)

(deprecated template usage)