# 麻豆
## Chinese

* 麻豆 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Môa-tāu (Southern Min)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mádòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^4$ dau$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mádòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mádòu
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^2$-tou$^4$
*** Yale: má-dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: madow
*** Palladius: мадоу (madou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^4$ dau$^6$
*** Yale: màh dauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^4$ dau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^4$ deo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː²¹ tɐu̯²²/

#### Noun

麻豆
* (literary) measles and smallpox

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Siraya Mattau.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mádòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^4$ dau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Môa-tāu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mádòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mádòu
*** Wade–Giles: Ma$^2$-tou$^4$
*** Yale: Má-dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Madow
*** Palladius: Мадоу (Madou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^4$ dau$^6$
*** Yale: màh dauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^4$ dau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^4$ deo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː²¹ tɐu̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Môa-tāu
*** Tâi-lô: Muâ-tāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moa'dau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³⁻³³ tau³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /muã²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

#### Proper noun

麻豆
* (～區) Madou (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English model.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mádòu, mādòu, mādǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˋ, ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mádòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mádòu
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^2$-tou$^4$
*** Yale: má-dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: madow
*** Palladius: мадоу (madou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mādòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: madòu
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^1$-tou$^4$
*** Yale: mā-dòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhadow
*** Palladius: мадоу (madou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mādǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄉㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: madǒu
*** Wade–Giles: ma$^1$-tou$^3$
*** Yale: mā-dǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhadoou
*** Palladius: мадоу (madou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

#### Noun

麻豆
* (neologism) model; cyber model
    From: 2015 October, ANGEL, 紅翻你的朋友圈！超人氣「網路素人」來報到, in 《FG美妝》, number 41, page 118
    pāishè dāngtiān yī kāishǐ qǐng tā ná shǒu ná bāo pāi, dàn zhàopiàn kànqǐlái shízài tài xiàng wǎngpāi mádòu, lìkè qǐng tā huàn ná xiàngjī, xiànchǎng dàjiā yě fēnfēn gǔchuī tā yào bùyào zài fùchū dāng mádòu (hā) [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 模特兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 模特兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 模特兒, 麻豆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 模特兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 模特兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 模特兒, 摩度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 模特兒, 摩度 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 模特, 模特兒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 模特兒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 模特兒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 模特兒 |