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嘎斯

嘎斯

Chinese

		cackling sound	(phonetic); this
simp. and trad. (嘎斯)		嘎	斯

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gási, gāsi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ ㄙ˙, ㄍㄚㄙ˙

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gási
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ ㄙ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar.sy
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠³⁵ sz̩³/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gāsi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚㄙ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga.sy
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠⁵⁵ sz̩²/

Noun

嘎斯

(Jiaoliao Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Zhongyuan Mandarin) fuel gas

Derived terms

嘎斯燈／嘎斯灯

嘎斯罐 (gásīguàn)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Russian ГАЗ ‎(GAZ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gásī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ ㄙ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gásī → gási (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ ㄙ → ㄍㄚˊ ㄙ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar.sy
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/ → /ka̠³⁵ sz̩³/

Proper noun

嘎斯

GAZ (Russian automotive manufacturer)