bi-tá-bín

Min Nan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ビタミン (bitamin).

Pronunciation

(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/

Noun

bi-tá-bín (POJ)

(Taiwan) vitamin

See also

(Mandarin) 維他命／维他命 (wéitāmìng)

Further reading

“Entry #31021”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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