金拱門
Chinese
| metal; gold; money | arch | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金拱門) | 金 | 拱門 | |
| simp. (金拱门) | 金 | 拱门 | |
| Literally: “Golden Arches”. | |||
Etymology
The new company name after a rename in October 2017 in China.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngǒngmén
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jingǒngmén
- Wade–Giles: Chin1-kung3-mên2
- Yale: Jīn-gǔng-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingoongmen
- Palladius: Цзиньгунмэнь (Czinʹgunmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 gung2 mun4
- Yale: gām gúng mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 gung2 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 gung2 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ kʊŋ³⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
金拱門
- (neologism, often humorous) McDonald's; Golden Arches
Usage notes
Commonly ridiculed as sounding too rustic.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 麥當勞 (“McDonald's”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 麥當勞 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥當勞 |
| Singapore | 麥當勞 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 麥當勞, 老麥, M記, 麥記, 麥當當, 牡丹樓, 金拱門 |
| Macau | 麥當勞, 老麥, M記 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥當勞 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥當勞 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥當勞 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥當勞 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥當勞 | |