鈣片
Chinese
calcium | a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet | ||
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trad. (鈣片) | 鈣 | 片 | |
simp. (钙片) | 钙 | 片 |
Etymology
The slang sense is masked under a seemingly simple word. In the slang sense, 鈣/钙 (gài) is from English gay.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gàipiàn
- Wade–Giles: kai4-pʻien4
- Yale: gài-pyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaypiann
- Palladius: гайпянь (gajpjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: koi3 pin3-2
- Yale: koi pín
- Cantonese Pinyin: koi3 pin3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: koi3 pin3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɔːi̯³³ pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 鈣片