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Jyutping wai1 ling4
Pinyin wēi léng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, archaic, literary
    prestige; might
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    有直用西文原字之音而以汉字表之者—如“萨威棱帖”、“迪克推多”、“暴哀考脱”、“札斯惕斯”之类。
    有直用西文原字之音而以漢字表之者—如“薩威稜帖”、“迪克推多”、“暴哀考脱”、“札斯惕斯”之類。
    yǒu zhí yòng xī wén yuán zì zhī yīn ér yǐ hàn zì biǎo zhī zhě - rú “ sà wēi léng tiē ” , “ dí kè tuī duō ” , “ bào āi kǎo tuō ” , “ zhá sī tì sī ” zhī lèi .
    • Some simply uses the pronunciation of the original Western-language word and spell it out with hanzi, such as sovereignty, dictator, boycott, and justice.