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上尉

上尉

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	milit. official; to quiet
simp. and trad. (上尉)		上	尉

Noun

上尉

lieutenant (navy and air force)
captain (army, marine, and air force)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shàngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ wai³
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-ùi / siāng-ùiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shàngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqwey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    上位
    上味
    上尉
    尚未
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ wai³
  - Yale: seuhng wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ wai³
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxng'uix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-ùiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-uìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxng'vuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ uĩ²¹/