沙士

沙士

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (沙士)		沙	士
anagram		士沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ si^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shashìh
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: shā-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashyh
    • Palladius: шаши (šaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ si^6-2
    • Yale: sā sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ si^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ xi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English SARS, via Cantonese. Doublet of 沙斯 (shāsī).

Noun

沙士

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, pathology) SARS

Synonyms

• 非典型肺炎 (fēidiǎnxíng fèiyán)
• (short form) 非典 (fēidiǎn)
• (Singapore) 沙斯 (shāsī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Sarsae.

Noun

沙士

1. (chiefly Taiwan) sarsaparilla (soft drink)