新西蘭

See also: 新西兰

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (新西蘭)		新	西蘭
simp. (新西兰)		新	西兰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnxīlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sîn-sî-làn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xin¹ xi¹ lan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Sĭng-să̤-làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-se-lan / Sin-se-lân / Sin-si-lân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-shi-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnxīlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsilán
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-hsi¹-lan²
    • Yale: Syīn-syī-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinshilan
    • Palladius: Синьсилань (Sinʹsilanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: sān sāi làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sei¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-sî-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ xi^ˊ lan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ xi¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ lan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xin¹ xi¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕin⁴⁴ ɕi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĭng-să̤-làng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-se-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-se-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinselafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-se-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-se-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinselaan
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sin³³ se³³ lan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-si-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-si-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsilaan
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /sin³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ lan²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-shi-le
    • MiniDict: shin^平 shi le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-xi-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi³³ le²¹/

Etymology 1

Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore) New Zealand (a country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia)
   • 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 419:

     新西蘭由新荷蘭東越洋約十五度而至 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     新西兰由新荷兰东越洋约十五度而至 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san¹ sai¹ laan⁴ jau⁴ san¹ ho⁴ laan⁴ dung¹ jyut⁶ joeng⁴ joek³ sap⁶ ng⁵ dou⁶ ji⁴ zi³ [Jyutping]

     New Zealand is distant from New Holland about fifteen degrees.

   • 1857, “地震火山論”, in Alexander Wylie, editor, 六合叢談 [Shanghae Serial], volume 6, page 2; republished 官板刪定本 edition, volume 6, 竪川三之橋, (Please provide a date or year), pages 2–3:

     太平洋群島中，亦有火山，如新西蘭三維斯等島。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     太平洋群岛中，亦有火山，如新西兰三维斯等岛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Tàipíngyáng qúndǎo zhōng, yì yǒu huǒshān, rú Xīnxīlán Sānwéisī děng dǎo. [Pinyin]

     There are also volcanoes among the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean, such as New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 紐絲綸／纽丝纶 (Niǔsīlún), 紐絲倫／纽丝伦 (Niǔsīlún), 鳥絲倫／鸟丝伦 (Niǎosīlún)

Dialectal synonyms of 新西蘭 (“New Zealand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	紐西蘭
	Malaysia	紐西蘭
	Singapore	新西蘭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紐西蘭, 新西蘭
Southern Min	Xiamen	新西蘭
	Quanzhou	新西蘭
	Zhangzhou	新西蘭

Etymology 2

Short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng) + 西藏 (Xīzàng) + 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu). Pun on Etymology 1.

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. (Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	西	蘭
にゅー Grade: 2	じー Grade: 2	らんど Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Zealand. The kanji are ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), from Mandarin 新西蘭 / 新西兰 (Xīnxīlán).

Proper noun

新西蘭(ニュージーランド) • (Nyū Jīrando) 

1. obsolete spelling of ニュージーランド

References

• “〈新西^▲蘭〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
新	西	蘭

Proper noun

新西蘭 • (Sinseoran) (hangeul 신서란)

1. (obsolete) hanja form^? of 신서란 (“New Zealand”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新	西	蘭

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Tân Tây Lan (“New Zealand”)