威而剛

See also: 威而刚

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)	hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
trad. (威而剛)		威	而	剛
simp. (威而刚)		威	而	刚
Literally: “mighty and strong”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēi'érgāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄦˊ ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'érgāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄦˊ 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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁴ gong¹
  - Yale: wāi yìh gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

威而剛

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Alternative form of 威而鋼／威而钢 (Wēi'érgāng, “Viagra”)

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