大陸妹
Chinese
Etymology 1
| continent; landmass; mainland | younger sister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大陸妹) | 大陸 | 妹 | |
| simp. (大陆妹) | 大陆 | 妹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàlùmèi
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàlùmèi
- Wade–Giles: ta4-lu4-mei4
- Yale: dà-lù-mèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluhmey
- Palladius: далумэй (dalumɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 luk6 mui6-1
- Yale: daaih luhk mūi
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 luk9 mui6-1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 lug6 mui6-1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² lʊk̚² muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
大陸妹
- (slightly derogatory) girl from Mainland China
Etymology 2
| continent; landmass; mainland | lettuce | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大陸妹) | 大陸 | 妹 | |
| simp. (大陆妹) | 大陆 | 妹 | |
妹 (mèi) is a phono-semantic matching from Hokkien 萵／莴 (meh) as in 萵仔菜／莴仔菜 (meh-á-chhài), also written as 妹仔菜.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàlùmèi
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàlùmèi
- Wade–Giles: ta4-lu4-mei4
- Yale: dà-lù-mèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahluhmey
- Palladius: далумэй (dalumɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
大陸妹
- (Taiwan, potentially offensive) Fushan lettuce
Usage notes
This term, while usually neutral, may sound offensive to Mainlanders because of its apparent meaning (Etymology 1). In 2018, the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China published a post on Facebook to proscribe the use of this term in favour of 福山萵苣／福山莴苣 (Fúshān wōjù) and other alternatives.[1]