和蘭

See also: 和兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (和蘭)		和	蘭
simp. (和兰)		和	兰

Etymology

Transcription of Dutch Holland. In Min Nan, possibly reinforced as an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和蘭.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hélán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hélán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hélán
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-lan²
    • Yale: Hé-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herlan
    • Palladius: Хэлань (Xɛlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ län³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoilaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/

Proper noun

和蘭

1. (historical, obsolete) the Netherlands, Holland

   • 和蘭，又名紅毛番，地近佛郎機。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     和兰，又名红毛番，地近佛郎机。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1739, 明史 (History of Ming), 卷三百二十五　列傳第二百一十三　外國六 (Volume 325, Biographies 213: Foreign States 6)

     Hélán, yòu míng hóngmáo fān, dì jìn fólángjī. [Pinyin]

     Holland, also known as the "red-haired barbarians", is close to the land of the Franks (France).

   • 和蘭，明史作「荷蘭」，歐羅巴濱海之國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     和兰，明史作「荷兰」，欧罗巴滨海之国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1928, 清史稿 (Draft History of Qing), 卷159　志一百三十四　邦交七 (Volume 159, Record 134: Diplomatic Relations 7)

     Hélán, míngshǐ zuò “hélán”, ōuluóbā bīnhǎi zhī guó. [Pinyin]

     Holland, written as "荷蘭" in the History of Ming, is a country in coastal Europe.

See also

• 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán)
• 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (Nídélán)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “和蘭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	蘭
オ Grade: 3 (ateji)	ラン Jinmeiyō (ateji)
irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is ateji (当て字), contracted from 和蘭陀. Compare Chinese 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán). See the main entry at オランダ for full details.

Proper noun

和蘭(オランダ) • (Oranda) 

1. Obsolete spelling of オランダ (“Netherlands”).

Descendants

• → Korean: 화란 (Hwaran)
• → Vietnamese: Hoà Lan

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
和	蘭

Proper noun

和蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Hoà Lan (“Netherlands”).