軒尼詩
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (軒尼詩) | 軒 | 尼 | 詩 | |
| simp. (轩尼诗) | 轩 | 尼 | 诗 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄋㄧˊ ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Syuanníshih
- Wade–Giles: Hsüan1-ni2-shih1
- Yale: Sywān-ní-shr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiuannishy
- Palladius: Сюаньниши (Sjuanʹniši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hin1 nei4 si1
- Yale: hīn nèih sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: hin1 nei4 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: hin1 néi4 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːn⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
軒尼詩
- A transliteration of the English surname Hennessy
- (Hong Kong, specifically) John Pope Hennessy, 8th Governor of Hong Kong