為止

See also: 为止

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (為止)		為	止
simp. (为止)		为	止

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéizhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): ûi-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéizhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijyy
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ zi²
  - Yale: wàih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    為止／为止
    遺址／遗址
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chí
  - Tâi-lô: uî-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uicie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Postposition

為止

until; up till
今天的討論到此為止。 [MSC, trad.]
今天的讨论到此为止。 [MSC, simp.]
Jīntiān de tǎolùn dàocǐ wéizhǐ. [Pinyin]
And that marks the end of today's discussion.

我會罰你到你食為止。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我会罚你到你食为止。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Ngo⁵ wui⁵ fat⁶ nei⁵ dou³ nei⁵ sik⁶ wai⁴ zi². [Jyutping]
You will be punished until you eat it.

Derived terms

到……為止／到……为止 (dào ... wéizhǐ)

到目前為止／到目前为止 (dào mùqián wéizhǐ)

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