瑞士
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]phonetic | |||
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simp. and trad. (瑞士) |
瑞 | 士 |
Etymology
[edit]From French Suisse, borrowed through a southern Chinese dialect (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial). See also 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).
Attested in A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit (瀛寰志略) [1849] by Xu Jiyu.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi6 si6 / seoi6 si6-2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhui5 lhu5*
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi6 si6 / seoi6 si6-2
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-*sê̤ṳ
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-sǐr / Sūi-sū
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zoe-zy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìshì → Ruìshi (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ → ㄖㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèishi̊h
- Wade–Giles: Jui4-shih5
- Yale: Rwèi-shr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ruey.shyh
- Palladius: Жуйши (Žujši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi6 si6 / seoi6 si6-2
- Yale: seuih sih / seuih sí
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey6 si6 / soey6 si6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu6 xi6 / sêu6 xi6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯²² siː²²/, /sɵy̯²² siː²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhui5 lhu5*
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬui³² ɬu³²⁻³²⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: sui sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: sui4 si4
- Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-*sê̤ṳ
- Sinological IPA (key): /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ søy²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Proper noun
[edit]瑞士
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
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- 𡒃地利亞,歐羅巴大國也。其商船初抵粵東時,旗畫雙鷹,遂訛稱為雙鷹國。北界普魯士、峩羅斯,南界土耳其,抵亞得亞海隅、意大里亞各國,西界瑞士暨日耳曼各國,東西三千一百餘里,南北一千八百餘里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Àodìlìyà, Ōuluóbā dàguó yě. Qí shāngchuán chū dǐ Yuèdōng shí, qí huà shuāng yīng, suì é chēngwéi Shuāngyīngguó. Běi jiè Pǔlǔshì, Éluósī, nán jiè Tǔ'ěrqí, dǐ Yàdéyà hǎiyú, Yìdàlǐyà gèguó, xī jiè Ruìshì jì Rì'ěrmàn gèguó, dōngxī sān qiān yībǎi yú lǐ, nánběi yīqiān bābǎi yú lǐ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
奥地利亚,欧罗巴大国也。其商船初抵粤东时,旗画双鹰,遂讹称为双鹰国。北界普鲁士、峩罗斯,南界土耳其,抵亚得亚海隅、意大里亚各国,西界瑞士暨日耳曼各国,东西三千一百余里,南北一千八百余里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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瑞 | 士 |
Proper noun
[edit]- (obsolete) hanja form? of 서사 (“Switzerland”)
Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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瑞 | 士 |
Proper noun
[edit]瑞士
- chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Sĩ (“Switzerland”)
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