外賣

See also: 外卖

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	sell
trad. (外賣)		外	賣
simp. (外卖)		外	卖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàimài

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ maai⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gōa-bōe / gōa-bē

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ bhoi⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nga-ma

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàimài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàimài
  - Wade–Giles: wai⁴-mai⁴
  - Yale: wài-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waymay
  - Palladius: ваймай (vajmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngoi⁶ maai⁶
  - Yale: ngoih maaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ maai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ mai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² maːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bōe
  - Tâi-lô: guā-buē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxboe
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ bue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² bue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-bē
  - Tâi-lô: guā-bē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxbe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ be²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghua⁷ bhoi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā bōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ boi¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nga-ma
  - MiniDict: nga^去 ma
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-ma
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² ma⁴⁴/

Noun

外賣

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) carryout; food delivery; food to go; takeout
叫外賣／叫外卖 ― jiào wàimài ― to order food delivery

外賣自取／外卖自取 [Cantonese] ― ngoi⁶ maai⁶ zi⁶ ceoi² [Jyutping] ― self-pick up takeaway
- 更外賣軟羊諸色包子，豬羊荷包，燒肉乾脯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  更外卖软羊诸色包子，猪羊荷包，烧肉干脯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 宋．孟元老《東京夢華錄．卷二．飲食果子》
  Gèng wàimài ruǎn yáng zhūsè bāozǐ, zhū yáng hébāo, shāoròu qiánpú. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2024 August 24, “外賣店和廢品站開在一起北京監管局立案調查 [A takeaway shop and a scrap station were opened together, and the Beijing Supervision Bureau opened an investigation]”, in Lianhe Zaobao‎^[1]:
  
  這家外賣店鋪標稱的地址掛著“實況廚房”的招牌，而“實況廚房”的招牌下面除了有外賣員進出，不時還有運送廢品的車出現。 [MSC, trad.]
  这家外卖店铺标称的地址挂着“实况厨房”的招牌，而“实况厨房”的招牌下面除了有外卖员进出，不时还有运送废品的车出现。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhè jiā wàimài diànpù biāo chēng de dìzhǐ guà zhù “Shíkuàng Chúfáng” de zhāopái, ér “Shíkuàng Chúfáng” de zhāopái xiàmiàn chúle yǒu wàimàiyuán jìnchū, bùshí háiyǒu yùnsòng fèipǐn de chē chūxiàn. [Pinyin]
  The advertised address of this takeout shop has a signboard called "Live Kitchen". Under the "Live Kitchen" signboard, in addition to delivery people coming in and out, there are also trucks transporting waste products that appear from time to time.

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 外送 (wàisòng)

Verb

外賣

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) to provide food to go or a food delivery service