西伯利亞

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Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (西伯利亞)		西	伯	利	亞
simp. (西伯利亚)		西	伯	利	亚

Etymology

From English Siberia.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xībólìyà, Xībólìyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄒㄧㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ baak³ lei⁶ aa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xībólìyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sibólìyà
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-po²-li⁴-ya⁴
  - Yale: Syī-bwó-lì-yà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiborlihyah
  - Palladius: Сиболия (Sibolija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xībólìyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sibólìyǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-po²-li⁴-ya³
  - Yale: Syī-bwó-lì-yǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiborlihyea
  - Palladius: Сиболия (Sibolija)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ baak³ lei⁶ aa³
  - Yale: sāi baak leih a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ baak⁸ lei⁶ aa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ bag³ léi⁶ a³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ paːk̚³ lei̯²² aː³³/

Proper noun

西伯利亞

Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)
- 1903, 陳天華 [Chen Tianhua], “猛回頭”, in 汪靜之, editor, 愛國詩選, volume 3, 商務印書館, published 1938, page 288:
  
  又把這貴族富戶以及讀書的人，都用囚籠囚了，送往那常年有雪的西伯利亞，共數三萬，每一隊有兵一隊押送。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  又把这贵族富户以及读书的人，都用囚笼囚了，送往那常年有雪的西伯利亚，共数三万，每一队有兵一队押送。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  Yòu bǎ zhè guìzú fùhù yǐjí dúshū de rén, dōu yòng qiúlóng qiú le, sòng wǎng nà chángnián yǒu xuě de Xībólìyà, gòng shù sān wàn, měi yī duì yǒu bīng yī duì yāsòng.
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Synonyms

(obsolete) 西伯利 (Xībólì), 西卑利亞／西卑利亚

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