威而剛

See also: 威而刚

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)	hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
trad. (威而剛)		威	而	剛
simp. (威而刚)		威	而	刚
Literally: “mighty and strong”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēi'érgāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'érgāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ 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 gong¹
    • Yale: wāi yìh gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

威而剛

1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Alternative form of 威而鋼／威而钢 (Wēi'érgāng, “Viagra”)