咪高峰

咪高峰

Chinese

		sound to call cat	peak; summit; height peak; summit; height; summit; summit conference
trad. (咪高峰)		咪	高峰
simp. #(咪高峰)		咪	高峰

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English microphone.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai¹ gou¹ fung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Yale: māi gōu fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei¹ gou¹ fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

咪高峰

1. (Cantonese) microphone

   • 咪高峰　輸出心聲　讓你跟我接通 [Cantonese, trad.]
     咪高峰　输出心声　让你跟我接通 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, C AllStar, 《夜幕天星》

     mai¹ gou¹ fung¹, syu¹ ceot¹ sam¹ sing¹, joeng⁶ nei⁵ gan¹ ngo⁵ zip³ tung¹ [Jyutping]

     The microphone conveys my heart, letting you connect with me

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傳聲器 (“microphone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器
Mandarin	Beijing	話筒, 麥, 麥克風
	Taiwan	麥克風, 話筒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咪, 話筒
	Hong Kong	咪, 咪高峰
Hakka	Meixian	咪, 麥克風, 話筒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥克
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	麥克
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	麥克
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	麥克, 放送頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	麥克
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	麥克
Min Nan	Xiamen	麥克風, 話筒
	Taipei	麥克 GT, 麥克風 GT
	Chaozhou	麥克風
	Shantou	麥克風
Wu	Shanghai	麥克風, 話筒
	Wenzhou	話筒, 麥
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)