雅皮士

Chinese

		elegant	leather; skin; fur	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (雅皮士)		雅	皮	士
simp. #(雅皮士)		雅	皮	士

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English yuppies.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎpíshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ pei⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎpíshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎpíshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-pʻi²-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǎ-pí-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeapyishyh
    • Palladius: япиши (japiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ pei⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: ngáh pèih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ pei⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ péi⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ pʰei̯²¹ siː²²/

Noun

雅皮士

1. yuppie