榻榻米
Chinese
| couch | couch | phonetic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (榻榻米) | 榻 | 榻 | 米 | |
| simp. #(榻榻米) | 榻 | 榻 | 米 | |
| alternative forms | 塌塌米 他他米 | |||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching from Japanese 畳 (tatami).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taap3 taap3 mai5 / taa1 taa1 mi1
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tha-thá-mih
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄇㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tàtàmǐ
- Wade–Giles: tʻa4-tʻa4-mi3
- Yale: tà-tà-mǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahtahmii
- Palladius: татами (tatami)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taap3 taap3 mai5 / taa1 taa1 mi1
- Yale: taap taap máih / tā tā mī
- Cantonese Pinyin: taap8 taap8 mai5 / taa1 taa1 mi1
- Guangdong Romanization: tab3 tab3 mei5 / ta1 ta1 mi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːp̚³ tʰaːp̚³ mɐi̯¹³/, /tʰaː⁵⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ miː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note: taa1 taa1 mi1 - directly borrowed from Japanese.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tha-tha-mí
- Hakka Romanization System: ta ta miˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ta4 ta4 mi3
- Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ta ta miˊ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ mi²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-thá-mih
- Tâi-lô: tha-thá-mih
- Phofsit Daibuun: ta'tafmiq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Note: Directly borrowed from Japanese.
Noun
榻榻米
- tatami (straw matting in Japanese houses)
See also
References
- “榻榻米”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “Entry #15169”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.