麥克

麥克

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麥克)		麥	克
simp. (麦克)		麦	克

Etymology 1

From English Mike or Michael.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màikè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màikè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màikè
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Mài-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maykeh
    • Palladius: Майкэ (Majkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: mahk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² hɐk̚⁵/

Proper noun

麥克

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Mike or Michael

Etymology 2

From English Mc- or Mac-, from Irish mac (“son”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màikè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màikè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màikè
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: Mài-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maykeh
    • Palladius: Майкэ (Majkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: mahk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² hɐk̚⁵/

Prefix

麥克

1. Mc-; Mac-

Synonyms

• 麥／麦 (mài)

Derived terms

麥克唐納／麦克唐纳 (Màikètángnà)

Etymology 3

From Japanese マイク (maiku); the choice of hanzi is influenced by 麥克風／麦克风 (màikèfēng).

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-khù / mai-kú
• Min Nan (POJ): mài-kù / mái-khù

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-khù
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai` guˇ / mai` kuˇ / mai kuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai³ gu² / mai³ ku² / mai⁴ ku²
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯³¹ ku¹¹/, /mai̯³¹ kʰu¹¹/, /mai̯⁵⁵ kʰu¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mái-kù / mái-khù / mai-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai` guˇ / mai` kuˇ / mai gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai³ gu² / mai³ ku² / mai⁴ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯³¹ ku¹¹/, /mai̯³¹ kʰu¹¹/, /mai̯⁵⁵ ku³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mài-kù
    • Tâi-lô: mài-kù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mae'kux
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi¹¹⁻⁵³ ku¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²¹⁻⁴¹ ku²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mái-khù
    • Tâi-lô: mái-khù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: may'qux
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰu²¹/

Noun

麥克

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) microphone

   • 唱KTV三隻嘴點一條歌，麥克攏要搶來搶去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     唱KTV三只嘴点一条歌，麦克拢要抢来抢去。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2010, 張政雄 (Jhang Jheng Syong), 薛珮潔 (Sherry Hsueh) and 翁立友 (Weng Li-you), 三口組

     Chhiùⁿ KTV saⁿ ki chhùi tiám chi̍t tiâu koa, mài-kù lóng beh chhiúⁿ-lâi-chhiúⁿ-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When singing karaoke, three mouths chose one song, and the microphone had to be fought over.

   • 人客若叫阮就行，麥克是阮的伴。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     人客若叫阮就行，麦克是阮的伴。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2012, 蔡佳麟 (Jia-Ling Cai), 為愛車拼 (“For Love”)

     Lâng-kheh nā kiò gún tiō kiâⁿ, mài-kù sī gún ê phōaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When customers call, I go right away; the microphone is my companion.

   • 阮提著麥克唱出的心情聽歌的人永遠陪佇遮。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     阮提着麦克唱出的心情听歌的人永远陪伫遮。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 曾瑋中 (Jasper Tseng), 聽歌

     Gún the̍h-tio̍h mài-kù chhiùⁿ chhut ê sim-chiâⁿ thiaⁿ-koa ê lâng éng-oán pôe tī chia. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Holding the microphone, I sing my heart out; people listening to this song will forever be here with me.

   • 攑著麥克　天下是我的　攑著麥克　天下是咱的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     𫽥著麦克　天下是我的　𫽥著麦克　天下是咱的 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2021, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 潘麗麗 (Lily Pan), 黃昺翔 (Sean Huang), 舞台

     Gia̍h-tio̍h mài-kù, thian-hā sī góa--ê, Gia̍h-tio̍h mài-kù, thian-hā sī lán--ê [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     With a microphone in my hand, the world is mine; With microphones in our hands, the world is ours.

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)