比利時

See also: 比利时

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (比利時)		比	利	時
simp. (比利时)		比	利	时

Etymology

First attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “via Wu?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǐlìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² lei⁶ si⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Pí-li-sṳ̀

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi³ li⁴ si²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Bī-lé-sì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pí-lī-sî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² li⁶ si⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵pi-li-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǐlìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǐlìshíh
    • Wade–Giles: Pi³-li⁴-shih²
    • Yale: Bǐ-lì-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Biilihshyr
    • Palladius: Билиши (Biliši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² lei⁶ si⁴
    • Yale: béi leih sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² lei⁶ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² léi⁶ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ lei̯²² siː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pí-li-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` li siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ li⁴ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ li⁵⁵ sɨ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi³ li⁴ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bī-lé-sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³⁻²¹ l̃i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)li⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pí-lī-sî
    • Tâi-lô: Pí-lī-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pylixsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ si²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² li⁶ si⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí lĭ sî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ li³⁵⁻¹¹ si⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi-li-zy
    • MiniDict: pi^去 li zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-li-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ li⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Proper noun

比利時

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 白耳義／白耳义 (Bái'ěryì)