巴勒斯坦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴勒斯坦)		巴	勒	斯	坦

Etymology

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “via which language?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bālèsītǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán
• Min Nan (POJ): Pa-liak-sir-thán / Pa-le̍k-su-thán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Bālèsītǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balehsytaan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balèsihtǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan²
    • Yale: bā lahk sī táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lak⁹ si¹ taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ leg⁶ xi¹ tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /päː⁵⁵ lɐk̚² siː⁵⁵ tʰäːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba´ led sii´ tan`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ led⁶ si¹ tan³
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ let̚⁵ sɨ²⁴ tʰan³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-liak-sir-thán
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-liak-sir-thán
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ liak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-le̍k-su-thán
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-li̍k-su-thán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: palegsu'tarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/

Proper noun

巴勒斯坦

1. Palestine