AV畫質

Chinese

		audiovisual; video pornography	picture quality; resolution
trad. (AV畫質)		AV	畫質
simp. (AV画质)		AV	画质

Etymology

So named because pirate or amateur porn videos circulating on Chinese websites usually have low resolutions.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-wēi huàzhì, ēi-wēi huàzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˋ, ㄟ ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 zat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi huàzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei huàjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹ hua⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: ēi-wēi hwà-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei huahjyh
    • Palladius: эйвэй хуачжи (ejvɛj xuačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi huàzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei huàjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹ hua⁴-chih²
    • Yale: ēi-wēi hwà-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei huahjyr
    • Palladius: эйвэй хуачжи (ejvɛj xuačži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 zat¹
    • Yale: ēi wī wá jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ wi¹ waa^6-2 dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ wi¹ wa^6-2 zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

AV畫質

1. (neologism, slang, of a video) low picture quality; low resolution