集美

Chinese

		to gather; to collect; collected works	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (集美)		集	美
simp. ^#(集美)		集	美

Etymology

Originally 盡尾／尽尾 or 潯尾／浔尾.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíměi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ mei⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): Cĭk-mī
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zih⁷ bi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chi̍p-bí / Chīm-bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíměi
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-mei³
  - Yale: jí-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyimeei
  - Palladius: цзимэй (czimɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaap⁶ mei⁵
  - Yale: jaahp méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² mei̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Cĭk-mī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ⁵⁻³³ mi³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁷ bi³ [Phonetic: zih⁶ bi³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ci̍h-bî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ⁴⁻²¹ pi⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁷ bi³ [Phonetic: zih⁶ bi³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ⁴⁻² pi³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chi̍p-bí
  - Tâi-lô: Tsi̍p-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cibbie
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sip̚²⁴⁻² bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sip̚⁴⁻³² bi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chīm-bé
  - Tâi-lô: Tsīm-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixmbea
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim²²⁻²¹ be⁵³/

Proper noun

集美

(～區) Jimei (a district of Xiamen, Fujian, China)

Noun

集美

(Mainland China, Mandarin, Internet slang, originally endearing, now sarcastic and possibly offensive) alternative form of 姐妹 (jiěmèi, “elder sister and younger sister; sisters; fellows”)