威而鋼

威而鋼

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
trad. (威而鋼)		威	而	鋼
simp. (威而钢)		威	而	钢
variant forms		威而剛／威而刚
Literally: “mighty and steellike”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēi'érgāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Wēi'érgāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueierlgang
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 威而剛／威而刚 威而鋼／威而钢

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁴ gong³
    • Yale: wāi yìh gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴ gong³
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Proper noun

威而鋼

1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Viagra

Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 偉哥／伟哥 (Wěigē)