瑞西

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞西)		瑞	西

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 瑞西(スイス) (Suisu), from French Suisse.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ruìxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūi-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèisi
    • Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: Rwèi-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueyshi
    • Palladius: Жуйси (Žujsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-se
    • Tâi-lô: suī-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suixsef
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² se³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞西

1. (obsolete) Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Synonyms

• 瑞士 (Ruìshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	西
すい Jinmeiyō (ateji)	す Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 瑞西 – see the following entry.

【スイス】 [proper noun] Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

(This term, 瑞西, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

References

• “〈^▲瑞西〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	西

Proper noun

瑞西 • (Seoseo) (hangeul 서서)

1. (obsolete) hanja form^? of 서서 (“Switzerland”)