華氏

See also: 华氏

Chinese

		phonetic	clan name; maiden name
trad. (華氏)		華	氏
simp. (华氏)		华	氏

Etymology

Abbreviation of 華倫海特／华伦海特 (Huálúnhǎitè) (transliteration of German Fahrenheit) + 氏 (shì, “family”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huáshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huáshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huáshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Hua²-shih⁴
    • Yale: Hwá-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashyh
    • Palladius: Хуаши (Xuaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: wàh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ siː²²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 華氏

1. (preceding a number) Fahrenheit

   今天華氏六十度。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天华氏六十度。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān Huáshì liùshí dù. [Pinyin]

   It's sixty degrees Fahrenheit today.

See also

• 攝氏／摄氏 (Shèshì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	氏
か Grade: S	し Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative forms

• カ氏

Etymology

From Chinese 華氏／华氏 (Huáshì).

Noun

華(か)氏(し) • (kashi) ^{←くわし (kwasi)?}

1. (attributive) Fahrenheit

See also

• 華(か)氏(し)温(おん)度(ど) (kashi ondo)
• 摂(せっ)氏(し) (sesshi)
• 列(れっ)氏(し) (resshi)