名刺

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

名刺

  1. (literary or Hokkien) visiting card; name card; business card

Usage notes
  • In Mandarin, this word has largely been overtaken by its modern counterpart 名片 (míngpiàn).
  • In Taiwanese Hokkien, this word is as frequently used as 名片 (míngpiàn). Besides, mè-sì, phonologically borrowed from Japanese Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), is regarded as one of standardized forms.[1][2]
  • In Xiamen Hokkien, this word is dated, synonymous to 門帖／门帖.

Synonyms

References
  1. 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “mè-sì”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (in Min Nan and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 365.
  2. “Entry #20463”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese
Kanji in this term
名 刺
めい
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi) 

  1. business card; calling card.
    名(めい)刺(し)を出(だ)す
    meishi o dasu
    to present one's calling card
    名(めい)刺(し)の渡(わた)し方(かた)と受(う)け取(と)り方(かた)
    meishi no watashikata to uketorikata
    the way of handing over and receiving business cards
    名(めい)刺(し)交(こう)換(かん)
    meishi kōkan
    business card exchange

Usage notes

References
  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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