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 (transliteration of German Fahrenheit) + 氏 (shì, “family”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huáshì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huáshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: wàh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wäː²¹ siː²²/

Adjective

華氏

(preceding a number) Fahrenheit
今天華氏六十度。 / 今天华氏六十度。 ― Jīntiān Huáshì liùshí dù. ― It's sixty degrees Fahrenheit today.

See also

攝氏／摄氏 (Shèshì)

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

カ氏

Etymology

From Chinese 華氏.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) かし [káꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

華氏 (hiragana かし, rōmaji kashi, historical hiragana くわし)

(attributive) Fahrenheit

See also

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