起司

qǐsī

noun

Meanings

1 cheese (Taiwan loanword)

Characters

(transliteration: 'chee-')

(transliteration: '-se')

Examples

她在面包上夹了一片起司。

Tā zài miànbāo shàng jiā le yī piàn qǐsī.

She put a slice of cheese in the bread.

这款披萨用了三种起司。

Zhè kuǎn pīsà yòng le sān zhǒng qǐsī.

This pizza uses three kinds of cheese.

Tips

register

Loanword from English 'cheese,' standard in Taiwan. Mainland speakers prefer 奶酪 (nǎilào) or 芝士 (zhīshì, itself a Cantonese transliteration). All three appear on menus, but 起司 reads 'Taiwan-style' to a mainland ear.

Stroke Order

起 qǐ

司 sī