和製

Chinese

		Japan	manufacture
trad. (和製)		和	製
simp. (和制)		和	制

Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)製(せい) (wasei).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ zai³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chih⁴
    • Yale: hé-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjyh
    • Palladius: хэчжи (xɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ zai³
    • Yale: wòh jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-tsy
    • MiniDict: wu^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

和製

1. Japanese-made, often linguistic

Derived terms

• 和製漢語／和制汉语 (hézhì hànyǔ)
• 和製英語／和制英语 (Hézhì Yīngyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	製
わ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
goon

Etymology

From 和(わ) (wa, “Japanese”) + 製(せい) (-sei, “-made”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わせー [wàséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠se̞ː]

Noun

和(わ)製(せい) • (wasei) 

1. something Japanese-made

Derived terms

• 和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご) (wasei kango): Japanese-made Chinese words or compounds
• 和(わ)製(せい)英(えい)語(ご) (wasei eigo): Japanese-made English words
• 和(わ)製(せい)外来(がいらい)語(ご) (wasei gairaigo)

References

• “和製”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026