瓦斯

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瓦斯)		瓦	斯
simp. ^#(瓦斯)		瓦	斯

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 瓦斯(ガス) (gasu), from English gas.

See also 嘎斯 (> 嘎斯罐).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎsī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngá-sṳ̂ / ka-sṳ́
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa-su / óa-sir / óa-suh / gá-suh
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngo-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎsih
  - Wade–Giles: wa³-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: wǎ-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woasy
  - Palladius: васы (vasy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁵ si¹
  - Yale: ngáh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngá-sṳ̂ / ka-sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˋ sii^ˊ / ga sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nga³ si¹ / ga⁴ si³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋa³¹ sɨ²⁴/, /ka⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/

Note: ka-sṳ́ - from Japanese pronunciation.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-su
  - Tâi-lô: uá-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafsw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-sir
  - Tâi-lô: uá-sir
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ua⁵³⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-suh
  - Tâi-lô: uá-suh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafsuq
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gá-suh
  - Tâi-lô: gá-suh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gafsuq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
  - IPA (Lukang): /ɡa⁵⁵⁻³⁵ suʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Yilan): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suʔ²/
  - IPA (Tainan): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suʔ³²/

Note: gá-suh - from Japanese pronunciation.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ngo-sy
  - MiniDict: ngo^去 sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngo-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋo²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

瓦斯

gas (fuel for cooking, heating etc); natural gas
瓦斯爆炸 ― wǎsī bàozhà ― gas explosion
(military) poison gas
催淚瓦斯／催泪瓦斯 ― cuīlèi wǎsī ― tear gas

窒息瓦斯 ― zhìxī wǎsī ― choking gas

Synonyms

(Magong Hokkien) 風／风

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓦	斯
が Grade: S (ateji)	す Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kan'on	tōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 瓦斯 – see the following entry.

【ガス】	natural gas gas a dense thick fog

(This term, 瓦斯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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