威而鋼
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See also: 威而钢
Chinese
| power; might; prestige | and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
steel | ||
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| trad. (威而鋼) | 威 | 而 | 鋼 | |
| simp. (威而钢) | 威 | 而 | 钢 | |
| alternative forms | 威而剛／威而刚 | |||
| Literally: “mighty and steellike”. | ||||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wei-érgang
- Wade–Giles: Wei1-êrh2-kang1
- Yale: Wēi-ér-gāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueierlgang
- Palladius: Вэйэрган (Vɛjɛrgan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai1 ji4 gong3
- Yale: wāi yìh gong
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai1 ji4 gong3
- Guangdong Romanization: wei1 yi4 gong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
威而鋼