"WiFi" meaning in Chinese

See WiFi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /waɪ̯⁵⁵ faɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːi̯⁵⁵ faːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /waɪ̯⁵⁵ faɪ̯⁵¹/, /waːi̯⁵⁵ faːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wāifài [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄞ ㄈㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waai¹ faai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wāifài [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], waifài [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wai¹-fai⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wāi-fài [Mandarin, Yale], uaifay [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вайфай [Mandarin, Palladius], vajfaj [Mandarin, Palladius], wāai fāai [Cantonese, Yale], waai¹ faai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wai¹ fai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English WiFi. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|zh|en|WiFi|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English WiFi, {{bor+|zh|en|WiFi}} Borrowed from English WiFi Head templates: {{head|zh|noun|sc=Hani}} WiFi
  1. (networking, informal) Wi-Fi Tags: informal Categories (topical): Networking Synonyms: 無線網路 [Taiwan], 無線網絡 [Hong-Kong, Mainland-China], wifi (wāifài), 歪ㄈㄞˋ, wifi (alt: wāifài), 歪ㄈㄞˋ (wāifài) [Taiwan]

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