印度支那

Chinese

			China
trad. (印度支那)		印度	支那
simp. #(印度支那)		印度	支那

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yìndù-Zhīnà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan³ dou⁶ zi¹ naa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ìn-tō͘-chi-ná

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yìndù-Zhīnà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄓ ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yìndùjhihnà
    • Wade–Giles: Yin⁴-tu⁴-chih¹-na⁴
    • Yale: Yìn-dù-jr̄-nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yinnduhjynah
    • Palladius: Иньдучжина (Inʹdučžina)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan³ dou⁶ zi¹ naa⁴
    • Yale: yan douh jī nàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan³ dou⁶ dzi¹ naa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen³ dou⁶ ji¹ na⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³³ tou̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ naː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ìn-tō͘-chi-ná
    • Tâi-lô: Ìn-tōo-tsi-ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iendoxcinar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /in²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡si³³ nã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹/

Proper noun

印度支那

1. Indochina; Indochinese Peninsula

Synonyms

• 中南半島／中南半岛 (Zhōngnán Bàndǎo)
• 中印半島／中印半岛 (Zhōng-Yìn Bàndǎo)
• 印支 (Yìn-Zhī) (short form)
• 印支半島／印支半岛 (Yìnzhī Bàndǎo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (印度支那):

• → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ Chi Na (印度支那)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
印	度	支	那
いん Grade: 4	ど Grade: 3	し Grade: 5	な Grade: S
on’yomi

Proper noun

印度支那(インドシナ) • (Indoshina) 

1. (uncommon, archaic) Indochina, the Indochinese Peninsula
   • 1903, Bun'yū Nanjō, Junjirō Takakusu, Jōshirō Sawai, Futsuryō Indoshina [French Indochina], →OCLC, page 36:

     以(い)上(じょう)は佛(ふつ)領(りょう)印(イン)度(ド)支(シ)那(ナ)に於(おい)て主(しゅ)要(よう)なる地(ち)名(めい)とるの音(おん)譯(やく)とを示(しめ)す為(する)に列(れっ)記(き)し、その地(ち)誌(し)に代(だい)ゆるものにして

     Ijō wa Futsuryō Indoshina ni oite shuyō naru chimei toru no on'yaku to o shimesu suru ni rekki shi, sono chishi ni dai yuru mono ni shite

     The foregoing lists the transliterations of the principle place names in French Indochinese territory, which are used to name those places.

Usage notes

In contemporary usage, the name is usually written in katakana.