拿破侖

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (拿破侖/拿破崙)		拿	破	侖/崙
simp. (拿破仑)		拿	破	仑

Etymology

From French Napoléon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nápòlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴ po³ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nápòlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nápòlún
    • Wade–Giles: Na²-pʻo⁴-lun²
    • Yale: Ná-pwò-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Napohluen
    • Palladius: Наполунь (Napolunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁴ po³ leon⁴
    • Yale: nàh po lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ po³ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ po³ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹ pʰɔː³³ lɵn²¹/

Proper noun

拿破侖

1. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor
2. A transliteration of the English male given name Napoleon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拿破侖):

• → Vietnamese: Nã Phá Luân (拿破侖)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Napoleon 拿破仑”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1974.