賓士

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (賓士)		賓	士
simp. (宾士)		宾	士

Etymology

From English Benz.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bīnshì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ si^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pin-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bīnshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Binshìh
  - Wade–Giles: Pin¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: Bīn-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Binshyh
  - Palladius: Биньши (Binʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹ si^6-2
  - Yale: bān sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ si^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ xi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pin-sū
  - Tâi-lô: Pin-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pinsu
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Proper noun

賓士

(chiefly Taiwan, Singapore) Mercedes-Benz (brand and car)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奔馳 (“Mercedes-Benz”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奔馳 Mainland China
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賓士
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	賓士
Cantonese	Hong Kong	平治 formal, Benz