立委

Chinese

		set up; to stand	give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked
trad. (立委)		立	委
simp. #(立委)		立	委

Etymology

Short for 立法委員／立法委员 (lìfǎ wěiyuán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lap⁶ wai² / laap⁶ wai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): li̍p-úi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìwěi
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-wei³
    • Yale: lì-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihwoei
    • Palladius: ливэй (livɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lap⁶ wai² / laap⁶ wai²
    • Yale: lahp wái / laahp wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁹ wai² / laap⁹ wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leb⁶ wei² / lab⁶ wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚² wɐi̯³⁵/, /laːp̚² wɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍p-úi
    • Tâi-lô: li̍p-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lib'uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lip̚⁴⁻³² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lip̚²⁴⁻² ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lip̚⁴⁻³² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lip̚⁴⁻³² ui⁴¹/

Noun

立委

1. (Taiwan) legislator