瓦斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瓦斯)		瓦	斯
simp. #(瓦斯)		瓦	斯

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 瓦斯(ガス) (gasu), from English gas.

See also 嘎斯 (> 嘎斯罐).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngá-sṳ̂ / ka-sṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa-su / óa-sir / óa-suh / gá-suh
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngo-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎsih
    • Wade–Giles: wa³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: wǎ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woasy
    • Palladius: васы (vasy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ si¹
    • Yale: ngáh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngá-sṳ̂ / ka-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: nga^ˋ sii^ˊ / ga sii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nga³ si¹ / ga⁴ si³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa³¹ sɨ²⁴/, /ka⁵⁵ sɨ³¹/

Note: ka-sṳ́ - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-su
    • Tâi-lô: uá-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafsw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-sir
    • Tâi-lô: uá-sir
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ua⁵³⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-suh
    • Tâi-lô: uá-suh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafsuq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gá-suh
    • Tâi-lô: gá-suh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gafsuq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suʔ³²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /ɡa⁵⁵⁻³⁵ suʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suʔ²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ɡa⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suʔ³²/

Note: gá-suh - from Japanese pronunciation.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngo-sy
    • MiniDict: ngo^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngo-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋo²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

瓦斯

1. gas (fuel for cooking, heating etc); natural gas

   瓦斯爆炸  ―  wǎsī bàozhà  ―  gas explosion

2. (military) poison gas

   催淚瓦斯／催泪瓦斯  ―  cuīlèi wǎsī  ―  tear gas

   窒息瓦斯  ―  zhìxī wǎsī  ―  choking gas

Synonyms

• (Magong Hokkien) 風／风

Derived terms

• 催淚瓦斯 / 催泪瓦斯 (cuīlèi wǎsī)
• 天然瓦斯
• 毒瓦斯 (dúwǎsī)
• 液化瓦斯
• 液體瓦斯 / 液体瓦斯
• 瓦斯中毒
• 瓦斯彈 / 瓦斯弹
• 瓦斯槍 / 瓦斯枪
• 瓦斯爐 / 瓦斯炉 (wǎsīlú)
• 瓦斯車 / 瓦斯车

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓦	斯
が Grade: S (ateji)	す Jinmeiyō (ateji)
kan'on	tōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 瓦斯 – see the following entry.

【ガス】 [noun] natural gas [noun] gas [noun] a dense thick fog

(This term, 瓦斯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)