翡冷翠

Chinese

		green jade; kingfisher	cold	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠
simp. #(翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Italian Firenze, rendered poetically. Coined by the poet Xu Zhimo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fěilěngcuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fěilěngcuì [Phonetic: féilěngcuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fěilěngcuèi
    • Wade–Giles: Fei³-lêng³-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: Fěi-lěng-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feeileengtsuey
    • Palladius: Фэйлэнцуй (Fɛjlɛncuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 翡冷翠

1. Alternative name for 佛羅倫斯／佛罗伦斯 (Fóluólúnsī, “Florence, Italy”).

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