為止

See also: 为止

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (為止/爲止)		為/爲	止
simp. (为止)		为	止

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéizhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ zi²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁵ zi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéizhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéijhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-chih³
  - Yale: wéi-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijyy
  - Palladius: вэйчжи (vɛjčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ zi²
  - Yale: wàih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    為止 / 为止
    遺址 / 遗址
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chí
  - Tâi-lô: uî-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uicie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁵ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-tsy
  - MiniDict: we^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Postposition

為止

until; up till

Derived terms

到……為止 / 到……为止 (dào ... wéizhǐ)
迄今為止 / 迄今为止 (qìjīn wéizhǐ)
點到為止 / 点到为止 (diǎndàowéizhǐ)

Related terms

截止 (jiézhǐ)