西里西亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (西里西亞)		西	里	西	亞
simp. (西里西亚)		西	里	西	亚

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīlǐxīyà, Xīlǐxīyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ lei⁵ sai¹ aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīlǐxīyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Silǐsiyà
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-li³-hsi¹-ya⁴
    • Yale: Syī-lǐ-syī-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiliishiyah
    • Palladius: Силисия (Silisija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīlǐxīyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Silǐsiyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-li³-hsi¹-ya³
    • Yale: Syī-lǐ-syī-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiliishiyea
    • Palladius: Силисия (Silisija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ lei⁵ sai¹ aa³
    • Yale: sāi léih sāi a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ lei⁵ sai¹ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ léi⁵ sei¹ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ aː³³/

Proper noun

西里西亞

1. Silesia (a cultural region of Central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities))