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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶we-tsy

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶we-tsy
    • MiniDict: we^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Postposition

為止

1. 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)