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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fî-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´ zu´
    • 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹fi-tseu
    • MiniDict: fi^平 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fi-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi⁵⁵ t͡sɤ²¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 非洲

1. Africa

   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.

See also

Seven Continents in Mandarin · 七大洲 (layout · text)
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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

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