瓦特

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瓦特)		瓦	特
simp. #(瓦特)		瓦	特

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎtè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ dak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎtè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎtè
    • Wade–Giles: wa³-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: wǎ-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woateh
    • Palladius: ватэ (vatɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ dak⁶
    • Yale: ngáh dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ tɐk̚²/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Watt or watt.

Proper noun

瓦特

1. Watt (surname)

Classifier

瓦特

1. (physics) watt (unit of power)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓦特 (“watt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓦特, 瓦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瓦
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	支光
	Guiyang	支光, 瓦
	Guilin	瓦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瓦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瓦
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瓦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瓦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火, 𡆇
	Hong Kong	火, 𡆇
	Taishan (Guanghai)	瓦
	Beihai	瓦
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	瓦, 火
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瓦
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	瓦
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瓦
	Móng Cái	瓦
	Mandalay (Taishan)	度
Hakka	Meixian	𡆇
Southern Min	Shantou	瓦
Wu	Hangzhou	支光
	Ningbo	支光

Etymology 2

From Shanghainese 壞脫了／坏脱了 (3hhua 4theq-leq). Popularized through TV drama iPartment.

Verb

1. (Mainland China, slang, humorous) to bust; to stop working

   儂腦子瓦特了／侬脑子瓦特了  ―  nóng nǎozǐ wǎtè le  ―  What's wrong with you