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)⁺
  - Pinyin: Wěigē
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woeige
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěigēr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeigel
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ go¹
  - Yale: wáih gō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ go¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ go¹
  - 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)

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