偉哥

See also: 伟哥

Chinese

		big; large; great	elder brother
trad. (偉哥)		偉	哥
simp. (伟哥)		伟	哥
Literally: “mighty elder brother”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wěigē

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ go¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wěigē
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wěige
  - Wade–Giles: Wei³-ko¹
  - Yale: Wěi-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woeige
  - Palladius: Вэйгэ (Vɛjgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěigēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěiger
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-ko¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: wěi-gēr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeige'l
  - Palladius: вэйгэр (vɛjgɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ go¹
  - Yale: wáih gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ go¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ kɔː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

偉哥

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, informal) Viagra

Synonyms

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) 威而鋼／威而钢 (Wēi'érgāng)
(Mainland China) 萬艾可／万艾可

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