# 名刺
## Chinese
### Etymology

Taiwanese Hokkien mè-sì is borrowed from Japanese 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi, “business card”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míngcì
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^4$ ci$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chhì / miâ-chhì / mè-sì
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: míngcì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: míngcìh
*** Wade–Giles: ming$^2$-tzʻŭ$^4$
*** Yale: míng-tsz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyh
*** Palladius: минцы (mincy)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$名刺 名次
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^4$ ci$^3$
*** Yale: mìhng chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^4$ tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^4$ qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$名刺 名次
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhì
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-tshì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bengchix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-chhì
*** Tâi-lô: miâ-tshì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: miachix
*** IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mè-sì
*** Tâi-lô: mè-sì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: measix
*** IPA (Taipei): /mẽ¹¹⁻⁵³ si¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ si²¹/

### Noun

名刺
* (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 名(めい)刺(し) (meishi), is regarded as one of standardized forms.
* In Xiamen Hokkien, this word is dated, synonymous to 門帖／门帖.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 名刺 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 名片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 名片 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咭片, 名片 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咭片 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 名片 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 名片 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 名片, 片單, 門帖, 名刺 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 名片 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 名片 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | mè-sì GT, 名片 GT, 名誌 GT |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 名片 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### References

* ↑ 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] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 365.
* ↑ “Entry #20463”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 名 | 刺 |
| めい Grade: 1 | し Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [me̞ːɕi]

### Noun

名(めい)刺(し) • (meishi)
* 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

* Counter is 枚 or 葉.

### References

* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.