維根

Chinese

		to preserve; to maintain; to hold together to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension	radical (chem.); root; basis
trad. (維根)		維	根
simp. (维根)		维	根

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English vegan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéigēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéigēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéigen
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-kên¹
    • Yale: wéi-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weigen
    • Palladius: вэйгэнь (vɛjgɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵/

Adjective

維根

1. (attributive) vegan

Synonyms

• 全素食 (quánsùshí)
• 純素／纯素 (chúnsù)
• 純素食／纯素食 (chúnsùshí)

 

Derived terms

• 維根主義／维根主义 (wéigēn zhǔyì)