太妃

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	imperial concubine
trad. (太妃)		太	妃
simp. ^#(太妃)		太	妃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàifēi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ fei¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-fi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàifēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàifei
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-fei¹
  - Yale: tài-fēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayfei
  - Palladius: тайфэй (tajfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ fei¹
  - Yale: taai fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ féi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tha-fi
  - MiniDict: tha^去 fi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-fi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ fi⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Noun

太妃

(historical) imperial concubine of the late emperor

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English toffee, via Shanghainese.

Noun

太妃

(～糖) toffee (candy)