衛生球

Chinese

		hygiene; sanitation; health hygiene; sanitation; health; healthcare	ball; sphere
trad. (衛生球/衞生球)		衛生/衞生	球
simp. (卫生球)		卫生	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishēngqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sang¹ kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishēngqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishengcióu
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shêng¹-chʻiu²
    • Yale: wèi-shēng-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshengchyou
    • Palladius: вэйшэнцю (vɛjšɛncju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishēngqiúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishengcióur
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shêng¹-chʻiu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wèi-shēng-chyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshengchyoul
    • Palladius: вэйшэнцюр (vɛjšɛncjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ sang¹ kau⁴
    • Yale: waih sāng kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sang¹ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ seng¹ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

衛生球

1. mothball (especially with naphthalene)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樟腦丸 (“camphor ball; mothball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樟腦丸, 樟腦球, 衛生球, 衛生丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	衛生球兒, 樟腦球兒, 臭球子
	Harbin	臭球兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	臭球
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	臭蛋兒, 臭球丸兒, 衛生丸兒
	Wanrong	臭蛋兒
	Xining	臭蛋兒
	Xuzhou	樟腦丸, 衛生丸
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	臭蛋
	Guilin	樟腦丸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	樟腦丸, 樟腦丸子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	臭丸
	Hong Kong	臭丸
	Taishan	臭丸
Gan	Pingxiang	臭丸
Hakka	Meixian	臭丸
Jin	Taiyuan	臭球
	Xinzhou	臭蛋兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	臭丸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	臭丸
	Gutian	必毒丹
Southern Min	Xiamen	臭丸
	Quanzhou	臭丸
	Jinjiang	臭丸
	Zhangzhou	臭丸
	Taipei	臭丸
	Kaohsiung	臭丸
	Shantou	臭丸
	Leizhou	臭丸
	Haikou	臭丸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	臭丸
Xiang	Changsha	衛生丸子
	Loudi	衛生丸子