波蘭

See also: 波兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (波蘭)		波	蘭
simp. (波兰)		波	兰

Etymology

From English Poland.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bōlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo¹ laan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Pô-làn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bo¹ lan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Pŏ̤-làng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pho-lân / Po-lan / Pho-lan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo¹ lang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pu-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bōlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bolán
    • Wade–Giles: Po¹-lan²
    • Yale: Bwō-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bolan
    • Palladius: Болань (Bolanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bo¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: bō làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 波瀾 / 波澜 波蘭 / 波兰

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pô-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ lan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴ lan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bo¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /po⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Pŏ̤-làng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵⁵ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoilaan
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo³³ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Po-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Po-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poilafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoilafn
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo¹ lang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po lâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻²³ laŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pu-le
    • MiniDict: pu^平 le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵⁵ le²¹/

Proper noun

波蘭

1. Poland (a country in Central Europe)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 4, page 31:

     加爾祿斯以康熙三十八年嗣位，年十八，血氣方剛銳於戰，以兵侵波蘭，割其境土之半。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     加尔禄斯以康熙三十八年嗣位，年十八，血气方刚锐于战，以兵侵波兰，割其境土之半。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Jiā'ěrlùsī yǐ kāngxī sānshíbā nián sìwèi, nián shíbā, xuèqìfānggāng ruì yú zhàn, yǐ bīng qīn bōlán, gē qí jìngtǔ zhī bàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], chapter 22, in 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades]:

     俄羅斯滅了波蘭，他在波蘭行的政令，第一件，不許波蘭人說波蘭話，還不許用波蘭文字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     俄罗斯灭了波兰，他在波兰行的政令，第一件，不许波兰人说波兰话，还不许用波兰文字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Éluósī miè le Bōlán, tā zài Bōlán xíng de zhènglìng, dì yī jiàn, bùxǔ Bōlánrén shuō Bōlánhuà, hái bùxǔ yòng Bōlán wénzì. [Pinyin]

     Russia has destroyed Poland and one of its first decrees was that the Poles couldn't speak Polish or use Polish letters.

Derived terms

• 波蘭人 / 波兰人 (bōlánrén)
• 波蘭球 / 波兰球 (bōlánqiú)
• 波蘭語 / 波兰语 (Bōlányǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (波蘭):

• → Korean: 파란(波蘭) (Paran)
• → Vietnamese: Ba Lan (波蘭)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
波	蘭
ぽー Grade: 3	らんど Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), from Chinese 波蘭 / 波兰 (Bōlán).

Proper noun

波蘭(ポーランド) • (Pōrando) 

1. obsolete spelling of ポーランド (“Poland”)

References

• “〈波^▲蘭〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
波	蘭

Proper noun

波蘭 • (Paran) (hangeul 파란)

1. hanja form^? of 파란 (“Poland”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
波	蘭

Proper noun

波蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Ba Lan (“Poland (a country in Central Europe)”)