威而鋼 in Chinese

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/ Chinese transliterations: Wēi'érgāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟㄦˊ ㄍㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai¹ ji⁴ gong³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Wēi'érgāng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄟㄦˊ ㄍㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], Wei-érgang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], Wei¹-êrh²-kang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], Wēi-ér-gāng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], Ueierlgang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], Вэйэрган [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], Vɛjɛrgan [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wāi yìh gong [Cantonese, Yale], wai¹ ji⁴ gong³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei¹ yi⁴ gong³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 威而钢, 威而剛 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra. Etymology templates: {{psm|zh|en|Viagra}} Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 威而鋼

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        "2": "en",
        "3": "Viagra"
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      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic matching of English Viagra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "威而钢",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "威而剛"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "威而鋼",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "mighty and steellike",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taiwanese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Viagra"
      ],
      "id": "en-威而鋼-zh-name-AbNh41BW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Viagra",
          "Viagra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Viagra"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "Wěigē",
          "tags": [
            "Hong-Kong",
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "偉哥"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Wěigē",
          "tags": [
            "Hong-Kong",
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "伟哥"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "萬艾可"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mainland-China"
          ],
          "word": "万艾可"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi'érgāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi'érgāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wei-érgang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wei¹-êrh²-kang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi-ér-gāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ueierlgang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Вэйэрган"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Vɛjɛrgan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāi yìh gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei¹ yi⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "威而鋼"
}

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    }
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        "Hong-Kong",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi'érgāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi'érgāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄦˊ ㄍㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wei-érgang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wei¹-êrh²-kang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Wēi-ér-gāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Ueierlgang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Вэйэрган"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Vɛjɛrgan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāi yìh gong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei¹ yi⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Wěigē",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "偉哥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Wěigē",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "伟哥"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "萬艾可"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ],
      "word": "万艾可"
    }
  ],
  "word": "威而鋼"
}

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"威而鋼" meaning in Chinese

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