# 維他命
## Chinese

* Ví-ta-mìn (Hakka)
* 維他命 (Cantonese)
* 維他命 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English vitamin.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéitāmìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$ taa$^1$ ming$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-tha-mín
* Eastern Min (BUC): mì-tă-mêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-tha-bēng / ûi-thaⁿ-bēng / î-thaⁿ-bēng / bi-tá-bín
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rui$^5$ ta$^1$ mêng$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi-tha-min
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéitāmìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéitamìng
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$-tʻa$^1$-ming$^4$
*** Yale: wéi-tā-mìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weitaminq
*** Palladius: вэйтамин (vɛjtamin)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$ taa$^1$ ming$^6$
*** Yale: wàih tā mihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$ taa$^1$ ming$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$ ta$^1$ ming$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹ tʰaː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-tha-mín
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˊ$ ta min$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^1$ ta$^4$ min$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰa⁵⁵ min³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mì-tă-mêng
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$la⁵⁵⁻⁵³ mɛiŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-tha-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: uî-tha-bīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ui'ta'beng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² tʰa⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-thaⁿ-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: uî-thann-bīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ui'tva'beng
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-thaⁿ-bēng
*** Tâi-lô: î-thann-bīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: i'tva'beng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰã⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi-tá-bín
*** Tâi-lô: bi-tá-bín
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bi'dafbien
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bi⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rui$^5$ ta$^1$ mêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jûi tha mĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰa³³⁻²³ meŋ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-tha-min
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ tha min
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi-tha-min
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²² tʰa⁵⁵ min²¹/

### Noun

維他命
* (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, dated or dialectal in Mainland China) vitamin
       Jìde duō chī píngguǒ ò, bǔchōng wéitāmìng. [Pinyin]
       Remember to eat more apples to get more vitamins.

#### Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 維生素／维生素 (wéishēngsù) is the preferred term; 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng) is considered dated.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 維生素, 維他命 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 維他命, 維生素 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 維他命 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | витамин |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 維生素 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 維他命 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 維他命 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 維生素 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 維他命 GT, 維生素 GT, bi-tá-bín GT |
| Wu | Shanghai | 維他命 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 維他命A／维他命A (wéitāmìng-ēi)
* 維他命B／维他命B (wéitāmìng-bì)
* 維他命C／维他命C
* 維他命D／维他命D (wéitāmìng-dì)
* 維他命E／维他命E (wéitāmìng-yì)
* 維他命K／维他命K
* 維他命M／维他命M