麥克

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麥克)		麥	克
simp. (麦克)		麦	克

Etymology 1

From English Mike or Michael.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màikè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màikè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màikè
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Mài-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maykeh
    • Palladius: Майкэ (Majkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: mahk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² hɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

麥克

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Mike or Michael

Etymology 2

From English Mc- or Mac-, from Irish mac (“son”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màikè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màikè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màikè
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Mài-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maykeh
    • Palladius: Майкэ (Majkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: mahk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² hɐk̚⁵/

Prefix

麥克

1. Mc-; Mac-

Synonyms

• 麥／麦 (mài)

Derived terms

• 麥克唐納／麦克唐纳 (Màikètángnà)
• 麥克阿瑟／麦克阿瑟 (Màikè'āsè)

 

Etymology 3

From Japanese マイク (maiku); the choice of hanzi is influenced by 麥克風／麦克风 (màikèfēng).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-khù / mai-kú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mài-kù / mái-khù

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-khù
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai` guˇ / mai` kuˇ / mai kuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai³ gu² / mai³ ku² / mai⁴ ku²
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯³¹ ku¹¹/, /mai̯³¹ kʰu¹¹/, /mai̯⁵⁵ kʰu¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai` guˇ / mai` kuˇ / mai gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai³ gu² / mai³ ku² / mai⁴ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯³¹ ku¹¹/, /mai̯³¹ kʰu¹¹/, /mai̯⁵⁵ ku³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài-kù
    • Tâi-lô: mài-kù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mae'kux
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹⁻⁵³ ku¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²¹⁻⁴¹ ku²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mái-khù
    • Tâi-lô: mái-khù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may'qux
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰu²¹/

Noun

麥克

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) microphone

   • 唱KTV三隻嘴點一條歌，麥克攏要搶來搶去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     唱KTV三只嘴点一条歌，麦克拢要抢来抢去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2010, 張政雄 (Jhang Jheng Syong), 薛珮潔 (Sherry Hsueh) and 翁立友 (Weng Li-you), 三口組

     Chhiùⁿ KTV saⁿ ki chhùi tiám chi̍t tiâu koa, mài-kù lóng beh chhiúⁿ-lâi-chhiúⁿ-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When singing karaoke, three mouths chose one song, and the microphone had to be fought over.

   • 人客若叫阮就行，麥克是阮的伴。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     人客若叫阮就行，麦克是阮的伴。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 蔡佳麟 (Jia-Ling Cai), 為愛車拼 (“For Love”)

     Lâng-kheh nā kiò gún tiō kiâⁿ, mài-kù sī gún ê phōaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When customers call, I go right away; the microphone is my companion.

   • 阮提著麥克唱出的心情聽歌的人永遠陪佇遮。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阮提着麦克唱出的心情听歌的人永远陪伫遮。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 曾瑋中 (Jasper Tseng), 聽歌

     Gún the̍h-tio̍h mài-kù chhiùⁿ chhut ê sim-chiâⁿ thiaⁿ-koa ê lâng éng-oán pôe tī chia. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Holding the microphone, I sing my heart out; people listening to this song will forever be here with me.

   • 攑著麥克　天下是我的　攑著麥克　天下是咱的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     𫽥著麦克　天下是我的　𫽥著麦克　天下是咱的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2021, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 潘麗麗 (Lily Pan), 黃昺翔 (Sean Huang), 舞台

     Gia̍h-tio̍h mài-kù, thian-hā sī góa--ê, Gia̍h-tio̍h mài-kù, thian-hā sī lán--ê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     With a microphone in my hand, the world is mine; With microphones in our hands, the world is ours.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麥克風, 話筒, 麥
	Singapore	麥克風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 話筒
	Hong Kong	咪, 咪高峰
Hakka	Meixian	咪, 麥克風, 話筒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥克
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥克
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥克
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥克, 放送頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥克
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥克
Southern Min	Xiamen	麥克風, 話筒
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	麥克
	Tainan (Anping)	麥克
	Shantou	麥克風, 話筒
Wu	Shanghai	麥克風, 話筒
	Wenzhou	話筒, 麥