威士忌

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (威士忌)		威	士	忌
simp. #(威士忌)		威	士	忌
alternative forms		衛士忌／卫士忌

Etymology

Borrowed from English whisky.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēishìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ si⁶ gei^6-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ûi-sṳ-kí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-sū-kī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēishìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weishìhjì
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-shih⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: wēi-shr̀-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishyhjih
    • Palladius: вэйшицзи (vɛjšiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ si⁶ gei^6-2
    • Yale: wāi sih géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ si⁶ gei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ xi⁶ géi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ siː²² kei̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ûi-sṳ-kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ui^ˊ sii gi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ui¹ si⁴ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /u̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵ ki³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-sū-kī
    • Tâi-lô: ui-sū-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisuxki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ ki³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻¹¹ ki³³/

Noun

威士忌

1. whiskey

Synonyms

• 威士忌酒 (wēishìjìjiǔ)

Derived terms

• 波本威士忌 (bōběn wēishìjì)