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Definition 2024
Etymology
Reborrowing from Japanese 機械 (kikai).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gei1 haai6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-hái
- Min Nan (POJ): ki-hāi / ki-hâi / ki-kài
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishieh
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gei1 haai6
- Yale: gēi haaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 haai6
- IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ hɑːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-hái
- Hakka Romanization System: gi´ hai`
- Hagfa Pinyim: gi1 hai3
- IPA: /ki²⁴ ha̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hāi
- Tâi-lô: ki-hāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hai
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² haɪ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ haɪ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² haɪ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ haɪ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ haɪ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hâi
- Tâi-lô: ki-hâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'haai
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² haɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ haɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² haɪ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ haɪ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ haɪ²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-kài
- Tâi-lô: ki-kài
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'kaix
- IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ²¹/
- Note: ki-hâi - common variant reading.
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)