索非亞

See also: 索非亚

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (索非亞)	索	非	亞
simp. (索非亚)	索	非	亚
alternative forms	索菲亞／索菲亚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Suǒfēiyà, Suǒfēiyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟㄧㄚˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ fei¹ aa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sak-hui-a / Sek-hui-a / Soh-hui-a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Suǒfēiyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Suǒfeiyà
  - Wade–Giles: So³-fei¹-ya⁴
  - Yale: Swǒ-fēi-yà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suoofeiyah
  - Palladius: Софэйя (Sofɛjja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Suǒfēiyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Suǒfeiyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: So³-fei¹-ya³
  - Yale: Swǒ-fēi-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suoofeiyea
  - Palladius: Софэйя (Sofɛjja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sok³ fei¹ aa³
  - Yale: sok fēi a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ fei¹ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sog³ féi¹ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ aː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sak-hui-a
  - Tâi-lô: Sak-hui-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sakhui'af
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hui³³ a³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sek-hui-a
  - Tâi-lô: Sik-hui-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekhui'af
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soh-hui-a
  - Tâi-lô: Soh-hui-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soihhui'af
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hui⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/

Proper noun

索非亞

Sofia (a city, the capital city of Bulgaria)

Usage notes

As the capital city of Bulgaria, this spelling, without the radical 艹, is considered standard in simplified Chinese. In informal contexts, though, most people are unaware of which one is right and often mixed them up.