biat-to͘h
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ベッド (beddo), from English bed.
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biat-to͘h
- Tâi-lô: biat-tooh
- Phofsit Daibuun: biatdoq
- Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tɔʔ³²/
Noun
biat-to͘h
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 彈簧床 (“spring bed”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 彈簧床 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 彈簧床 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 彈弓床 |
| Hong Kong | 彈弓床 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 膨床 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 膨床 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 膨床 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 北多 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 膨床 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膨床 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 膨床 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膨床 | |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 膨床 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膨床 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 膨床 |
| Zhangzhou | 膨床 | |
| Kaohsiung | 膨床 | |
| Tainan | biat-to͘h GT | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 彈簧床, 席夢思 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |