威爾斯
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (威爾斯) | 威 | 爾 | 斯 | |
| simp. (威尔斯) | 威 | 尔 | 斯 | |
Etymology
- country
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'ěrsī
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wei-ěrsih
- Wade–Giles: Wei1-êrh3-ssŭ1
- Yale: Wēi-ěr-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueieelsy
- Palladius: Вэйэрсы (Vɛjɛrsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wai1 ji5 si1
- Yale: wāi yíh sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: wai1 ji5 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: wei1 yi5 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Proper noun
威爾斯
- (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- a transliteration of the English surname Wills
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References
- Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (2007), “Wills 威尔斯 ”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC.