塔希提

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (塔希提)		塔	希	提
simp. ^#(塔希提)		塔	希	提

Etymology

From English Tahiti.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tǎxītí

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄊㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³ hei¹ tai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tǎxītí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tǎsití
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻa³-hsi¹-tʻi²
  - Yale: Tǎ-syī-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taashityi
  - Palladius: Тасити (Tasiti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taap³ hei¹ tai⁴
  - Yale: taap hēi tàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸ hei¹ tai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tab³ héi¹ tei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³ hei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

Proper noun

塔希提

(～島) Tahiti (an island of French Polynesia department)

Usage notes

This word is standard on China's Mainland, but as it is not phono-semantically matched and unaesthetic, many people prefer the Taiwan standard 大溪地 (Dàxīdì) instead.

Synonyms

大溪地 (Dàxīdì)