福爾摩沙
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (福爾摩沙) | 福 | 爾 | 摩 | 沙 | |
| simp. (福尔摩沙) | 福 | 尔 | 摩 | 沙 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Formosa (literally “beautiful”) , as Portuguese sailors sighted the main island of Taiwan.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk1 ji5 mo1 saa1
- Eastern Min (BUC): Hók-ī-mò̤-să
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-ní-mô͘-sa
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Fú-ěrmósha
- Wade–Giles: Fu2-êrh3-mo2-sha1
- Yale: Fú-ěr-mwó-shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwueelmosha
- Palladius: Фуэрмоша (Fuermoša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fuk1 ji5 mo1 saa1
- Yale: fūk yíh mō sā
- Cantonese Pinyin: fuk7 ji5 mo1 saa1
- Guangdong Romanization: fug1 yi5 mo1 sa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Hók-ī-mò̤-să
- Sinological IPA (key): /huʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ i³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (s-)la⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-sa
- Tâi-lô: Hok-ní-môo-sa
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoknymosaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ sa⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
福爾摩沙
- (historical, poetic) Formosa (historic name of Taiwan)
- (～省) Formosa (a province in northern Argentina)
- (～市) Formosa (the provincial capital of Formosa, Argentina)