巴勒斯坦

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Palestine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bālèsītǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan² / baa¹ laak⁶ si¹ taan²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán

  (Hailu, HRS): ba^ˋ led^ˋ sii^ˋ tan^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba¹ leh⁷ so¹ tang³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-le̍k-su-thán / Pa-liak-sir-thán
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pa-leq-sy-the

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bālèsītǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balèsihtǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-lê⁴-ssŭ¹-tʻan³
    • Yale: Bā-lè-sz̄-tǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balehsytaan
    • Palladius: Балэсытань (Balɛsytanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan² / baa¹ laak⁶ si¹ taan²
    • Yale: bā lahk sī táan / bā laahk sī táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lak⁹ si¹ taan² / baa¹ laak⁹ si¹ taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ leg⁶ xi¹ tan² / ba¹ lag⁶ xi¹ tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ lɐk̚² siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/, /paː⁵⁵ laːk̚² siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ led sii^ˊ tan^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ led⁶ si¹ tan³
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ let̚⁵ sɨ²⁴ tʰan³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˋ led^ˋ sii^ˋ tan^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /pa⁵³ let² sɨ⁵³ tʰan²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba¹ leh⁷ so¹ tang³ [Phonetic: ba² leh⁶ so⁵ tang³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Ba-le̍h-seo-tâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³³⁻¹³ lɛʔ⁴⁻²¹ ɬo⁵³³⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba¹ leh⁷ so¹ tang³ [Phonetic: ba² leh⁶ so⁵ tang³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ lɛʔ⁴⁻² ɬo⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ tʰaŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-le̍k-su-thán
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-li̍k-su-thán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: palegsu'tarn
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-liak-sir-thán
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-liak-sir-thán
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ liak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pa-leq-sy-the
    • MiniDict: pa^平 leh sy the
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pa-leq-sr-the
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ sz̩³³ tʰe²¹/

Proper noun

巴勒斯坦

1. Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
2. (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)