AV畫質

Chinese

		audiovisual; video pornography	picture quality; resolution
trad. (AV畫質)		AV	畫質
simp. (AV画质)		AV	画质

Etymology

So named because pirate or amateur porn videos circulating on Chinese websites usually have low resolutions.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ēi-wēi huàzhì, ēi-wēi huàzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄟㄨㄟㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˋ, ㄟㄨㄟㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 zat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi huàzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄟㄨㄟㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei huàjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹ hua⁴-chih⁴
  - Yale: ēi-wēi hwà-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei huahjyh
  - Palladius: эйвэй хуачжи (ejvɛj xuačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi huàzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄟㄨㄟㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei huàjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹ hua⁴-chih²
  - Yale: ēi-wēi hwà-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei huahjyr
  - Palladius: эйвэй хуачжи (ejvɛj xuačži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 zat¹
  - Yale: ēi wī wá jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ wi¹ wa^6-2 zed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

AV畫質

(neologism, slang, of a video) low picture quality; low resolution