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Jyutping
wai1 ling4
Pinyin
wēi léng
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, archaic, literary
prestige; might
Examples (Wiktionary)
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.