蓬萊米

See also: 蓬莱米

Chinese

		Penglai	rice; metre
trad. (蓬萊米)		蓬萊	米
simp. (蓬莱米)		蓬莱	米

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 蓬萊米(ほうらいまい) (hōraimai).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): péngláimǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵ / fung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phùng-lòi-mí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-lâi-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: péngláimǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: péngláimǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng²-lai²-mi³
  - Yale: péng-lái-mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pernglaimii
  - Palladius: пэнлайми (pɛnlajmi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵ / fung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵
  - Yale: pùhng lòih máih / fùhng lòih máih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵ / fung⁴ loi⁴ mai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ loi⁴ mei⁵ / fung⁴ loi⁴ mei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/, /fʊŋ²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phùng-lòi-mí
  - Hakka Romanization System: pung^ˇ loi^ˇ mi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pung² loi² mi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰuŋ¹¹ loi̯¹¹ mi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-lâi-bí
  - Tâi-lô: hông-lâi-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honglai'bie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² lai¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ lai²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Noun

蓬萊米

ponlai rice, a variety developed in Taiwan

References

(Min Nan) “蓬萊米”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.