非洲

Chinese

		Africa	continent; island
trad. (非洲)		非	洲
simp. #(非洲)		非	洲

Etymology

Short for 阿非利加洲 (Āfēilìjiā zhōu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fēizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fî-chû
• Eastern Min (BUC): Hĭ-ciŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hui-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ ziu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fi-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fēizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Feijhou
    • Wade–Giles: Fei¹-chou¹
    • Yale: Fēi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feijou
    • Palladius: Фэйчжоу (Fɛjčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fēi jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fî-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˊ zu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭ-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Hui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fi-tseu
    • MiniDict: fi^平 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fi-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi⁵⁵ t͡sɤ²¹/

Proper noun

非洲

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   上年我探望了一些非洲家庭。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng le yīxiē Fēizhōu jiātíng. [Pinyin]

   I visited some families in Africa last year.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 阿非利加 (Āfēilìjiā)
• (obsolete) 亞非利加／亚非利加 (Yàfēilìjiā)

Derived terms

• 北部非洲 (Běibù Fēizhōu)
• 東非洲 / 东非洲 (Dōng Fēizhōu)
• 非洲之角 (Fēizhōu zhī Jiǎo)
• 非洲和尚——乞人憎
• 非洲大蝸牛 / 非洲大蜗牛 (Fēizhōu dà wōniú)
• 非洲樹蛙 / 非洲树蛙 (Fēizhōu shùwā)
• 非洲獵犬 / 非洲猎犬 (Fēizhōu lièquǎn)
• 非洲聯盟 / 非洲联盟 (Fēizhōu Liánméng)
• 非洲艾虎 (Fēizhōu àihǔ)
• 非洲蘇鐵 / 非洲苏铁 (Fēizhōu sūtiě)
• 非洲象 (Fēizhōu xiàng)
• 非洲豬瘟 / 非洲猪瘟 (Fēizhōu zhūwēn)
• 非洲豺犬 (Fēizhōu cháiquǎn)
• 非洲野犬 (Fēizhōu yěquǎn)
• 非洲鯽 / 非洲鲫 (Fēizhōu jì)
• 非洲鯽魚 / 非洲鲫鱼 (Fēizhōu jìyú)
• 非洲鳶尾 / 非洲鸢尾 (Fēizhōu yuānwěi)
• 黑非洲 (Hēi Fēizhōu)

Adjective

非洲

1. (neologism, slang, in gacha games) of bad luck

   Antonym: 歐洲 / 欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)

See also

Seven Continents in Mandarin · 七大洲 (layout · text)
Icons
Mandarin	北美洲 (Běiměizhōu)	南美洲 (Nánměizhōu)	南極洲 / 南极洲 (Nánjízhōu)	非洲 (Fēizhōu)	歐洲 / 欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)	亞洲 / 亚洲 (Yàzhōu)	大洋洲 (Dàyángzhōu)
English	North America	South America	Antarctica	Africa	Europe	Asia	Oceania

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
非	洲

Proper noun

非洲 • (Phi châu)

1. (dated): chữ Hán form of Phi châu.: Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   Synonym: 洲非(châu Phi)