西班牙
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (西班牙) | 西 | 班 | 牙 | |
| simp. #(西班牙) | 西 | 班 | 牙 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from the word for Spain in a European language; compare English Spain, Spanish España, German Spanien, Latin Hispania. The choice of the final syllable 牙 (yá) is possibly influenced or reinforced by 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá, “Portugal”).
Attested as early as 1835, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine. An earlier similar transcription is 是班呀, attested in 海國聞見錄 by Chen Lunjiong (陳倫烱).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai1 baan1 ngaa4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai1 ban1 nga3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-băng-ngà
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): Se-pan-gâ / Se-pan-gêe / Si-pan-gêe
- (Teochew, Peng'im): sai1 bang1 ghê5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shi-pe-nga
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄧㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sibanyá
- Wade–Giles: Hsi1-pan1-ya2
- Yale: Syī-bān-yá
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shibanya
- Palladius: Сибанья (Sibanʹja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵ jä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 baan1 ngaa4
- Yale: sāi bāan ngàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 baan1 ngaa4
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 ban1 nga4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ paːn⁵⁵ ŋaː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhai1 ban1 nga3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬai³³ pan³³ ᵑɡa²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-pân-ngà
- Hakka Romanization System: xiˊ banˊ ngaˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xi1 ban1 nga2
- Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴ ŋa¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-băng-ngà
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻²¹ (p-)βaŋ⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-pan-gâ
- Tâi-lô: Se-pan-gâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'pan'gaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡa²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡa²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡa²³/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /se³³ pan³³ ɡa²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-pan-gêe
- Tâi-lô: Se-pan-gêe
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɛ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Si-pan-gêe
- Tâi-lô: Si-pan-gêe
- IPA (Penang): /si³³⁻²¹ pan³³⁻²¹ ɡɛ²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sai1 bang1 ghê5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai pang gê
- Sinological IPA (key): /sai³³⁻²³ paŋ³³⁻²³ ɡe⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Wu
Proper noun
西班牙
- Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
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- 前明宏治年間，西班牙之臣有可侖者，駕巨艦西尋新地，始抵加勒海灣群島，知有亞墨利加廣土，先取可侖比亞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Qiánmíng Hóngzhì niánjiān, Xībānyá zhī chén yǒu Kělún zhě, jià jù jiàn xī xún xīn dì, shǐ dǐ jiālèhǎiwān qúndǎo, zhī yǒu Yàmòlìjiā guǎngtǔ, xiān qǔ Kělúnbǐyà.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
前明宏治年间，西班牙之臣有可仑者，驾巨舰西寻新地，始抵加勒海湾群岛，知有亚墨利加广土，先取可仑比亚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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Synonyms
- (obsolete) 是班牙 (Shìbānyá), 士班雅 (Shìbānyǎ), 大呂宋／大吕宋 (Dàlǚsòng), 以西把尼亞／以西把尼亚, 以西把你亞／以西把你亚, 日斯巴尼亞／日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 班 | 牙 |
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 6 | Grade: S |
| irregular | ||
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 西班牙 (Xībānyá).
Etymology
Proper noun
- Obsolete spelling of スペイン.: Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)
- 1915 September 8, 旭新聞 (Asahi Shinbun) [The Asahi News], number 3240, page 1:
- […] 坂田通商局長が和蘭若しくは西班牙の公使に、 […]
- chief of the Bureau of Commerce Sakata becomes Dutch or Spanish minister
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 班 | 牙 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 班 | 牙 |
Proper noun
西班牙
- chữ Hán form of Tây Ban Nha (“Spain”).