美式

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	type; form; pattern type; form; pattern; style
trad. (美式)		美	式
simp. ^#(美式)		美	式

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Měishì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-sek / bí-siak
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵me-seq₇ / ³me-seq₇

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Měishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Měishìh
  - Wade–Giles: Mei³-shih⁴
  - Yale: Měi-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeishyh
  - Palladius: Мэйши (Mɛjši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ sik¹
  - Yale: méih sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-sek
  - Tâi-lô: bí-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byseg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-siak
  - Tâi-lô: bí-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bysiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵me-seq₇
  - MiniDict: 'me^去 seh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'me-seq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me³³ səʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³me-seq₇
  - MiniDict: 'me^上 seh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /me⁵² səʔ¹¹/

Adjective

美式

(attributive) American-style

Derived terms

美式咖啡 (Měishì kāfēi)
美式英語 / 美式英语 (Měishì Yīngyǔ)
美式足球 (Měishì zúqiú)

Noun

美式

short for 美式咖啡 (Měishì kāfēi, “americano”)