攝氏

攝氏

See also: 摂氏 and 摄氏

Chinese

		phonetic	clan name; maiden name
trad. (攝氏)		攝	氏
simp. (摄氏)		摄	氏

Etymology

Abbreviation of 攝爾修斯／摄尔修斯 (from Swedish Celsius) + 氏 (shì, “family”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ si⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): Liap-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shèshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shehshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³ si⁶
    • Yale: sip sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³ xi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liap-sī
    • Tâi-lô: Liap-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liapsi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liap̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liap̚³²⁻⁵ ɕi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕi³³/

Adjective

攝氏

1. Celsius; centigrade

   昨天攝氏九度。 / 昨天摄氏九度。  ―  Zuótiān Shèshì jiǔ dù.  ―  Yesterday it was nine degrees Celsius.

Usage notes

攝氏 may be placed before or after the number of degrees in Chinese. Placing it before the number of degrees (as in the example above) gives the sentence a literary and poetic feel; however, this usage is sometimes frowned upon by language authorities, for example in the Modern Standard Chinese Dictionary (現代漢語規範詞典).

Derived terms

攝氏度／摄氏度 (shèshìdù)

See also

• 華氏／华氏 (Huáshì)