義大利

See also: 义大利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (義大利)		義	大	利
simp. (义大利)		义	大	利

Etymology

Borrowed from English Italy. Attested as early as 1837, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yìdàlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ì-tāi-lī
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gni-da-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yìdàlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yìdàlì
    • Wade–Giles: I⁴-ta⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: Yì-dà-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihdahlih
    • Palladius: Идали (Idali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
    • Yale: yih daaih leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ dai⁶ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² taːi̯²² lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ì-tāi-lī
    • Tâi-lô: Ì-tāi-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie'daixli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²⁻²¹ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²⁻²¹ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ tai³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ tai³³⁻²¹ li³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-da-li
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 da li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-da-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² da⁵⁵ li²¹/

Proper noun

義大利

1. (now chiefly Taiwan) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
   • 1837, “經書”, in Karl Gützlaff, editor, 東西洋考每月統紀傳 [Eastern Western Monthly Magazine], page 8:

     明朝之時，大英、法蘭西、義大利、阿理曼，各國之儒興，纂經書浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明朝之时，大英、法兰西、义大利、阿理曼，各国之儒兴，纂经书浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Míngcháo zhī shí, Dàyīng, Fǎlánxī, Yìdàlì, Ālǐmàn, gèguó zhī rú xīng, zuǎn jīngshū hàofán. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 意大利 (Yìdàlì)
• (obsolete) 意大利亞／意大利亚 (Yìdàlìyà)

Derived terms

• 義大利半島／义大利半岛 (Yìdàlì Bàndǎo)
• 義大利粉／义大利粉 (yìdàlìfěn)
• 義大利麵／义大利面 (yìdàlìmiàn)
• 義大利麵條／义大利面条 (yìdàlì miàntiáo)