瑞典

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞典)		瑞	典
alternative forms		𠿩唺 obsolete

Etymology

From English Sweden, borrowed through a southern Chinese variety (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial), or an earlier stage of Mandarin. See also 瑞士 (Ruìshì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ruìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ din²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sui-tién

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sui⁴ diên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-diēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-tián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁶ diêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèidiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-tien³
    • Yale: Rwèi-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueydean
    • Palladius: Жуйдянь (Žujdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ din²
    • Yale: seuih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² tiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui dien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sui⁴ diên³
    • Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-diēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-tián
    • Tâi-lô: Suī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suixdiern
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui⁶ diêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi tiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe-ti
    • MiniDict: zoe^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ti⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞典

1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
   • 1838, Karl Gützlaff, 古今萬國綱鑑, volume 19, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 87:

     大尼族起耕田，種五穀及安分，國者與瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大尼族起耕田，种五谷及安分，国者与瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Dàní zú qǐ gēngtián, zhǒng wǔgǔ jí ānfèn, guó zhě yǔ Ruìdiǎn dìfāng héhé, wéi Dàní wáng xíng nüèzhèng, Ruìdiǎn mín fǎnpàn yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 411:

     瑞典那華兩國者王號揸理第十四傳 [Cantonese, trad.]
     瑞典那华两国者王号揸理第十四传 [Cantonese, simp.]

     seoi⁶ din² no⁵ waa⁴ loeng⁵ gwok³ ze² wong⁴ hou⁶ zaa¹ lei⁵ dai⁶ sap⁶ sei³ cyun⁴ [Jyutping]

     Sweden and Norway, of which Charles XIV. is king.

2. (neologism, Internet slang) Northeast China

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 瑞國／瑞国 (Ruìguó)

Derived terms

• 瑞典人 (Ruìdiǎnrén)
• 瑞典語 / 瑞典语 (Ruìdiǎnyǔ)
• 瑞典鹽醃鯡魚 / 瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (ruìdiǎn yán yān fēiyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	典
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

The spelling is ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), from Chinese 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) スウェーデン [sùwéꜜèdèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sɨβ̞e̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

瑞典(スウェーデン) • (Suwēden) 

1. obsolete spelling of スウェーデン: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典 • (Seojeon) (hangeul 서전)

1. (obsolete) hanja form^? of 서전 : Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典

1. chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Điển: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)