為數

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (為數/爲數)		為/爲	數
simp. (为数)		为	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéishù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-sò͘ / ūi-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéishù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéishù
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-shu⁴
    • Yale: wéi-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishuh
    • Palladius: вэйшу (vɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ sou³
    • Yale: wàih sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: uî-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: uī-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixsox
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ sɔ²¹/

Verb

為數

1. to amount to; to number