MP4

MP4

English

Noun

MP4 (plural MP4s)

1. (computing) Short for MPEG-4 Part 14; A file format for playing music and videos

Related terms

• MP3

Translations

short for MPEG-4 Part 14

Chinese: Mandarin: MP4 (MP-sì) Finnish: MP4 Polish: MP4 n

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Chinese

Etymology

Partial calque of English MP4. From English MP4 + 四 (sì, “four”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áimu-pì-sì

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹ pi¹ sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áimu-pì-sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ ㄆㄧˋ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áimůpìsìh
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-mu⁵-pʻi⁴-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: ái-mu-pì-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.mupihsyh
    • Palladius: аймуписы (ajmupisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ mu³ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹ pi¹ sei³
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹ pi¹ sei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ém¹ pi¹ séi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ sei̯³³/

Noun

MP4

1. MP4
2. Short for MP4播放器 (áimu-pì-sì bōfàngqì).

Related terms

• MP3 (áimu-pì-sān)