名刺

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
trad. (名刺)		名	刺
simp. ^#(名刺)		名	刺

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngcì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ci³
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngcì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngcìh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: míng-tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyh
  - Palladius: минцы (mincy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ ci³
  - Yale: mìhng chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
  - Homophones:
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Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengchix
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: miâ-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miachix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mè-sì
  - Tâi-lô: mè-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: measix
  - IPA (Taipei): /mẽ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕi²¹/

Note: mè-sì - from Japanese.

Noun

名刺

(literary) visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes

This word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart 名片 (míngpiàn).

Synonyms

名片 (míngpiàn)
(obsolete) 名帖 (míngtiě)
(Min Nan) 片單／片单

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #31100”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	刺
めい Grade: 1	し Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi)

business card; calling card.
名(めい)刺(し)を出(だ)す
meishi o dasu
to present one's calling card

名(めい)刺(し)の渡(わた)し方(かた)と受(う)け取(と)り方(かた)
meishi no watashikata to uketorikata
the way of handing over and receiving business cards

名(めい)刺(し)交(こう)換(かん)
meishi kōkan
business card exchange

Usage notes

Counter is 枚 or 葉.

References

1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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