烏克蘭

See also: 乌克兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (烏克蘭)		烏	克	蘭
simp. (乌克兰)		乌	克	兰

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from English Ukraine, or Russian Украина (Ukraina); attested as early as 1903.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wūkèlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ hak¹ laan⁴, wu¹ haak¹ laan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Vû-khiet-làn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vu¹ kêd⁵ lan²

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): O͘-khek-lan / O͘-khiak-lân / O͘-khek-lân
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ¹u-kheq-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wūkèlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wukèlán
    • Wade–Giles: Wu¹-kʻo⁴-lan²
    • Yale: Wū-kè-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ukehlan
    • Palladius: Укэлань (Ukɛlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ hak¹ laan⁴, wu¹ haak¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: wū hāk làahn, wū hāak làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ hak⁷ laan⁴, wu¹ haak⁷ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ heg¹ lan⁴, wu¹ hag¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵ laːn²¹/, /wuː⁵⁵ haːk̚⁵ laːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vû-khiet-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu´ kied` lanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ kiad⁵ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴ kʰi̯et̚² lan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vu¹ kêd⁵ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɛt̚¹ lan¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khek-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khik-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qeklafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ lan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khiak-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khiak-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qiaklaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khek-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khik-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qeklaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ¹u-kheq-le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹u-kheq-le
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ kʰəʔ³³ le̞²¹/

Proper noun

烏克蘭

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe; capital and largest city: Kyiv)

Synonyms

• 烏／乌 (Wū) (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• 烏克蘭人／乌克兰人 (Wūkèlánrén)
• 烏克蘭族／乌克兰族 (Wūkèlánzú)
• 烏克蘭蘇維埃社會主義共和國／乌克兰苏维埃社会主义共和国 (Wūkèlán Sūwéi'āi Shèhuì Zhǔyì Gònghéguó)
• 烏克蘭語／乌克兰语 (Wūkèlányǔ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (烏克蘭):

• → Vietnamese: Ô Khắc Lan (烏克蘭)