麻吉

麻吉

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (麻吉)		麻	吉

Etymology

From English match, probably via Japanese マッチ (matchi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): májí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): mà-chih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: májí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: majyi
    • IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mà-chih
    • Tâi-lô: mà-tsih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: marciq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiʔ³²/

Adjective

麻吉

1. (Taiwan) well-matched; going well together

   • 啊～～你兄我弟，咱是尚麻吉。 [Taiwanese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 蔡佳麟 (Jia-Ling Cai), 麻吉兄弟

     Ah ~ ~ lí hiaⁿ góa tī, lán sī siōng mà-chih. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Ah, we are brothers, we are the most well-matched.

Noun

麻吉

1. (Taiwan) match; wingman; good friend

   • 博仔聲是麻吉，友情贊助啦，歌王就是你，就是我。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     博仔声是麻吉，友情赞助啦，歌王就是你，就是我。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 詹雅雯, 心情歌路

     Pho̍k-á siaⁿ sī mà-chih, iú-chêng chàn-chō͘--lah, koa-ông tiō sī lí, tiō sī góa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this example)