圍牆

See also: 围墙

Chinese

	to circle; to surround	wall
trad. (圍牆/圍墻)	圍	牆/墻
simp. (围墙)	围	墙
anagram	牆圍／墙围

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéiqiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ coeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vì-chhiòng

(Hailu, HRS): vui ciong
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui² cieo² / ui² ciunn²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûi-chhiûⁿ / ûi-chhiôⁿ / ûi-chhiâuⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui⁵ cion⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéiqiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéiciáng
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-chʻiang²
  - Yale: wéi-chyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichyang
  - Palladius: вэйцян (vɛjcjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ coeng⁴
  - Yale: wàih chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-chhiòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ qiong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi² qiong²
  - Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ t͡sʰi̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vui ciong
  - Sinological IPA: /vui⁵⁵ t͡sʰioŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui² cieo² [Phonetic: ui⁵ lieo²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: úi-chá̤uⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui¹³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui² ciunn² [Phonetic: ui⁵ niu²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)niu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chhiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uî-tshiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uichviuu
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiũ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiũ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chhiôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uî-tshiônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uichviooi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chhiâuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uî-tshiâunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uichviaau
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /ui²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiãu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui⁵ cion⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûi tshiôⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩõ⁵⁵/

Noun

圍牆

wall
柏林圍牆／柏林围墙 ― Bólín wéiqiáng ― the Berlin Wall

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 牆圍／墙围, 護牆／护墙, 牆瓜圍／墙瓜围

References

“圍牆”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“圍牆”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
“圍牆”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 34.