偉哥
See also: 伟哥
Chinese
| big; large; great | elder brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (偉哥) | 偉 | 哥 | |
| simp. (伟哥) | 伟 | 哥 | |
| Literally: “mighty elder brother”. | |||
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Wěigē
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wěige
- Wade–Giles: Wei3-ko1
- Yale: Wěi-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woeige
- Palladius: Вэйгэ (Vɛjgɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wěigēr
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wěiger
- Wade–Giles: wei3-ko1-ʼrh
- Yale: wěi-gēr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeige'l
- Palladius: вэйгэр (vɛjgɛr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai5 go1
- Yale: wáih gō
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai5 go1
- Guangdong Romanization: wei5 go1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯¹³ kɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
偉哥
- (Mainland China, Hong Kong, informal) Viagra