衛生紙
Chinese
| paper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (衛生紙/衞生紙) | 衛生/衞生 | 紙 | |
| simp. (卫生纸) | 卫生 | 纸 | |
| Literally: “hygiene paper”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): wèishēngzhǐ
- (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei4 sen1 zi3
- (Standard)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wai6 sang1 zi2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên-chṳ́
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-seng-chóa / ūi-seng-chóa / ōe-sng-chóa
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wèishēngzhǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wèishengjhǐh
- Wade–Giles: wei4-shêng1-chih3
- Yale: wèi-shēng-jř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshengjyy
- Palladius: вэйшэнчжи (vɛjšɛnčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: wei4 sen1 zi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uisenz
- Sinological IPA (key): /uei²¹³ sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai6 sang1 zi2
- Yale: waih sāng jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai6 sang1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: wei6 seng1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: vi senˊ ziiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vi4 sen1 zi3
- Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng-chóa
- Tâi-lô: uē-sing-tsuá
- Phofsit Daibuun: oexsengzoar
- IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-seng-chóa
- Tâi-lô: uī-sing-tsuá
- Phofsit Daibuun: uixsengzoar
- IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sng-chóa
- Tâi-lô: uē-sng-tsuá
- Phofsit Daibuun: oexsngzoar
- IPA (Philippines): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³ t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
衛生紙
- toilet paper (Classifier: 張／张; 包; 捲／卷)
- (Mailand China, Philippine Hokkien) sanitary napkin; menstrual pad
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 手紙 (“toilet paper”) [map]
See also
Further reading
- “衛生紙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.