bi-tá-bín
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ビタミン (bitamin).
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi-tá-bín
- Tâi-lô: bi-tá-bín
- Phofsit Daibuun: bi'dafbien
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin⁵³/
Noun
bi-tá-bín
- (Taiwan) vitamin
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 維生素 (“vitamin”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 維生素, 維他命 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 維他命, 維生素 |
| Singapore | 維他命 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | витамин |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 維生素 |
| Hong Kong | 維他命 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 維他命 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 維他命 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 維他命 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 維他命 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 維他命 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 維他命 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 維生素 |
| Quanzhou | 維生素 | |
| Zhangzhou | 維生素 | |
| Taipei | 維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 維他命 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 維他命 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Further reading
- “bi-tá-bín”, 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.