威猛

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt
trad. (威猛)		威	猛
simp. #(威猛)		威	猛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiměng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄇㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ maang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiměng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄇㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiměng
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-mêng³
    • Yale: wēi-měng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueimeeng
    • Palladius: вэймэн (vɛjmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ maang⁵
    • Yale: wāi máahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ maang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ mang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ maːŋ¹³/

Adjective

威猛

1. mighty, courageous and fierce

   • 初，飛雄壯威猛，亞於關羽。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     初，飞雄壮威猛，亚于关羽。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Chū, Fēi xióngzhuàng wēiměng, yà yú Guān Yǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 俄見魏冠帶出，升座，氣象威猛，迥與曩殊。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     俄见魏冠带出，升座，气象威猛，迥与曩殊。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1740 CE, Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

     É jiàn wèi guāndài chū, shēngzuò, qìxiàng wēiměng, jiǒng yǔ nǎng shū. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Cantonese) mighty and imposing

   高大威猛 [Cantonese]  ―  gou¹ daai⁶ wai¹ maang⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)