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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): O͘-khek-lan / O͘-khiak-lân / O͘-khek-lân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Vû-khiet-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˊ kied^ˋ lan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ kiad⁵ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴ kʰi̯et̚² lan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vu¹ kêd⁵ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɛt̚¹ lan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khek-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khik-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qeklafn
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ lan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khiak-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khiak-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qiaklaan
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-khek-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Oo-khik-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'qeklaan
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹u-kheq-le
    • MiniDict: u^平 kheh le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u-kheq-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵⁵ kʰəʔ³³ le²¹/

Proper noun

烏克蘭

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)

Synonyms

• 烏／乌 (Wū) (abbreviation)
• 宇 (Yǔ) (abbreviation, dated)
• 宇克蘭／宇克兰 (dated)
• 優克蘭／优克兰 (dated)
• 育加來涅／育加来涅 (dated)

Dialectal synonyms of 烏克蘭 (“Ukraine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		烏克蘭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	烏克蘭, 烏國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	烏克蘭
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏克蘭
	Quanzhou	烏克蘭
	Zhangzhou	烏克蘭

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	克	蘭
ウクライナ
Jinmeiyō	Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 烏克蘭 – see the following entry.

【ウクライナ】 [proper noun] Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea) Alternative spelling 宇克蘭

(This term, 烏克蘭, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
烏	克	蘭

Proper noun

烏克蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Ô Khắc Lan: (obsolete) Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)