華氏

See also: 华氏

Chinese

		phonetic	clan name; maiden name
trad. (華氏)		華	氏
simp. (华氏)		华	氏

Etymology

Abbreviation of 華倫海特／华伦海特 (Huálúnhǎitè) (transliteration of German Fahrenheit) + 氏 (shì, “family”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huáshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huáshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huáshìh
  - Wade–Giles: Hua²-shih⁴
  - Yale: Hwá-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashyh
  - Palladius: Хуаши (Xuaši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: wàh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ siː²²/

Adjective

華氏

(preceding a number) Fahrenheit
今天華氏六十度。 [MSC, trad.]
今天华氏六十度。 [MSC, simp.]
Jīntiān Huáshì liùshí dù. [Pinyin]
It's sixty degrees Fahrenheit today.

See also

攝氏／摄氏 (Shèshì)
列氏 (Lièshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	氏
か Grade: S	し Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
カ氏

Etymology

From Chinese 華氏 / 华氏 (Huáshì).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かし [káꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

華(か)氏(し) • (kashi) ^{←くわし (kwasi)^?}

(attributive) Fahrenheit

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term
華	氏

Proper noun

華氏 • (Hwassi) (hangeul 화씨)

(attributive) hanja form^? of 화씨 (“Fahrenheit”)