瑞西

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Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞西)		瑞	西

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 瑞西(スイス) (Suisu), from French Suisse.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ruìxī

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūi-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèisi
  - Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: Rwèi-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueyshi
  - Palladius: Жуйси (Žujsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-se
  - Tâi-lô: suī-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixsef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞西

(obsolete) Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Synonyms

瑞士 (Ruìshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	西
すい Jinmeiyō (ateji)	す Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 瑞西 – see the following entry.

【スイス】

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

(This term, 瑞西, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	西

Proper noun

瑞西 • (Seoseo) (hangeul 서서)

(obsolete) hanja form^? of 서서 (“Switzerland”)

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