瑞士

Chinese

		lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (瑞士)		瑞	士

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Etymology

From French Suisse, borrowed through a Southern Chinese dialect (where 瑞 is pronounced with a s- initial). See also 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ruìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): seoi⁶ si⁶, seoi⁶ si^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhui⁵ lhu^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sui-sṳ
• Min Dong (BUC): Sôi-{s}ê̤ṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): Sūi-sū
• Wu (Wiktionary): zoe zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Ruìshì → Ruìshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ → ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ruey.shyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ si⁶, seoi⁶ si^6-2
    • Yale: seuih sih, seuih sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soei⁶ si⁶, soei⁶ si^6-2
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² siː²²/, /sɵy̯²² siː²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhui⁵ lhu^5*
    • IPA ^(key): /ɬui³² ɬu³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ si⁴
    • IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-{s}ê̤ṳ
    • IPA ^(key): /suoi²⁴²⁻⁵³ søy²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-sū
    • Tâi-lô: Suī-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suixsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ su²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zoe zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ø²² z̻z̩⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞士

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