威武

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	martial; military
trad. (威武)		威	武
simp. #(威武)		威	武
anagram		武威

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ mou⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): ŭi-ū
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-bú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-wu³
    • Yale: wēi-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiwuu
    • Palladius: вэйу (vɛju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: wāi móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭi-ū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻⁵³ u³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-bú
    • Tâi-lô: ui-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

Adjective

威武

1. mighty; powerful; formidable

Synonyms

• 洸洸

Derived terms

• 威武不屈

 

Related terms

• 健壯／健壮 (jiànzhuàng)
• 赳赳 (jiūjiū)

Noun

威武

1. might; power

Related terms

• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 武力 (wǔlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	武
い Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​ぶ [íꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ibɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

威(い)武(ぶ) • (ibu) ^{←ゐぶ (wibu)?}

1. authority and military might

   威武(いぶ)を示(しめ)す

   ibu o shimesu

   to display one's authority and military might