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

  (Pinyin): Wěigē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ go¹

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• 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/
• 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/

Proper noun

偉哥

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, informal) Viagra

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong, Taiwan) 威而鋼／威而钢 (Wēi'érgāng)
• (Mainland China) 萬艾可／万艾可