委內瑞拉

See also: 委内瑞拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (委內瑞拉)		委	內	瑞	拉
simp. (委内瑞拉)		委	内	瑞	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Venezuela, probably via Hokkien or Shanghainese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wěinèiruìlā

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄟˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² noi⁶ seoi⁶ laai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Vî-nui-sui-lâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Úi-lōe-sūi-la
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ue-ne-zoe-la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wěinèiruìlā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄟˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wěinèiruèila
    • Wade–Giles: Wei³-nei⁴-jui⁴-la¹
    • Yale: Wěi-nèi-rwèi-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Woeineyrueylha
    • Palladius: Вэйнэйжуйла (Vɛjnɛjžujla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² noi⁶ seoi⁶ laai¹
    • Yale: wái noih seuih lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² noi⁶ soey⁶ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² noi⁶ sêu⁶ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ nɔːi̯²² sɵy̯²² laːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vî-nui-sui-lâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ nui sui la^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ nui⁴ sui⁴ la¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ nu̯i⁵⁵ su̯i⁵⁵ la²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Úi-lōe-sūi-la
    • Tâi-lô: Uí-luē-suī-la
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyloexsuixlaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lue⁴¹⁻²² sui⁴¹⁻²² la³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lue²²⁻²¹ sui²²⁻²¹ la⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ue-ne-zoe-la
    • MiniDict: ue^去 ne zoe la
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ue-ne-zoe-la
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue³³ ne⁵⁵ zø³³ la²¹/

Proper noun

委內瑞拉

1. Venezuela (a country in South America)
   • 1855 February 1, 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume III, number 2, page 9:

     發往委內瑞拉諸埠之貨，共值銀二十四萬八千一百九十磅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     发往委内瑞拉诸埠之货，共值银二十四万八千一百九十磅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     faat³ wong⁵ wai² noi⁶ seoi⁶ laai¹ zyu¹ fau⁶ zi¹ fo³, gung⁶ zik⁶ ngan⁴ ji⁶ sap⁶ sei³ maan⁶ baat³ cin¹ jat¹ baak³ gau² sap⁶ bong⁶. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (short form) 委國／委国 (wěiguó)
• (obsolete) 委內瑞辣／委内瑞辣 (Wěinèiruìlà)