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
alternative forms		威而剛／威而刚
Literally: “mighty and steellike”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēi'érgāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄦˊ ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴ gong³

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 gong³
  - Yale: wāi yìh gong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴ gong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴ gong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Proper noun

威而鋼

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Viagra

Synonyms

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) 偉哥／伟哥 (Wěigē)
(Mainland China) 萬艾可／万艾可