福爾摩斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (福爾摩斯)		福	爾	摩	斯
simp. (福尔摩斯)		福	尔	摩	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Holmes, with influence from Xiamen Hokkien in the translation by Huang Ding (黃鼎) and Zhang Zaixin (張在新). Initially in the form 福而摩司 [1902], changed to the current form in 《續包探案》 [1903].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fú'ěrmósī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-ní-mô͘-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fú'ěrmósī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fú-ěrmósih
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-êrh³-mo²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Fú-ěr-mwó-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwueelmosy
    • Palladius: Фуэрмосы (Fuermosy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
    • Yale: fūk yíh mō sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yi⁵ mo¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-su
    • Tâi-lô: Hok-ní-môo-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoknymosw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Proper noun

福爾摩斯

1. Sherlock Holmes (fictional detective in the novels by Arthur Conan Doyle)

Noun

福爾摩斯

1. (figurative) person with great powers of observation and deduction

See also

• 福爾摩沙／福尔摩沙 (Fú'ěrmóshā, “Formosa”)