衛生紙

See also: 衞生紙 and 卫生纸

Chinese

		hygiene; sanitation; health hygiene; sanitation; health; healthcare	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

  (Pinyin): wèishēngzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sang¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-seng-chóa / ūi-seng-chóa

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi sen´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ sen¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng-chóa / ūi-seng-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sing-tsuá / uī-sing-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsengzoar, uixsengzoar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/, /ui²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³ t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/, /ui⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³ t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/, /ui²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁵³/, /ui³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁴¹/, /ui³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 衛生紙

1. toilet paper (Classifier: 包)

Synonyms

• 廁紙／厕纸 (cèzhǐ)
• 手紙／手纸 (shǒuzhǐ)
• (Min Nan) 放屎紙／放屎纸, 紙巾／纸巾 (zhǐjīn)

See also

• 面巾紙／面巾纸 (miànjīnzhǐ)
• 紙巾／纸巾 (zhǐjīn)

Further reading

• “Entry #11394”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.