meishin.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪʃi/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪʃi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese meishi.

Etymology: < Japanese meishi (1462) < mei- name + -shi (calling) card; both elements < Middle Chinese.The item was originally (in China) a strip of bamboo bark.

In Japan: a small card printed with the bearer's name, address, telephone number, and profession, etc., exchanged at business meetings and social occasions; a business card.

ΚΠ

1971 J. Seward More about Japanese vi. 119 Even though it's a bother to have them made, you really should carry meishi or calling cards with you in Japan.

1981 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. d1/5 ‘A man without a meishi..has no identity in Japan.’ Indeed it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance in Japan of name cards or meishi.

1991 Australian 27 Dec. 8/7 Every Off Clubber aimed to go home carrying a wallet stuffed with 60 new meishi (business cards). The first step to building a personal contact in Japan is the exchange of meishi, and the etiquette involved is as formal as the tea ceremony.

2000 Daily Yomiuri 5 Nov. 9/7 Mr Fujii folded the name card. To those who know their meishi etiquette the insult was unmistakable. It could hardly have been more flagrant if Mr Fujii had picked out the contents of his nose and then flicked them in Mr Tanaka's direction.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meishi
释义	meishin. Brit. /ˈmeɪʃi/, U.S. /ˈmeɪʃi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese meishi. Etymology: < Japanese meishi (1462) < mei- name + -shi (calling) card; both elements < Middle Chinese.The item was originally (in China) a strip of bamboo bark. In Japan: a small card printed with the bearer's name, address, telephone number, and profession, etc., exchanged at business meetings and social occasions; a business card. ΚΠ 1971 J. Seward More about Japanese vi. 119 Even though it's a bother to have them made, you really should carry meishi or calling cards with you in Japan. 1981 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. d1/5 ‘A man without a meishi..has no identity in Japan.’ Indeed it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance in Japan of name cards or meishi. 1991 Australian 27 Dec. 8/7 Every Off Clubber aimed to go home carrying a wallet stuffed with 60 new meishi (business cards). The first step to building a personal contact in Japan is the exchange of meishi, and the etiquette involved is as formal as the tea ceremony. 2000 Daily Yomiuri 5 Nov. 9/7 Mr Fujii folded the name card. To those who know their meishi etiquette the insult was unmistakable. It could hardly have been more flagrant if Mr Fujii had picked out the contents of his nose and then flicked them in Mr Tanaka's direction. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1971
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