土耳其
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Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (土耳其) | 土 | 耳 | 其 | |
| simp. #(土耳其) | 土 | 耳 | 其 | |
Etymology
First attested in 1820, in 察世俗每月統記傳 (Chng, 2022).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou2 ji5 kei4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Tū-ī-gì
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): Thó͘-ní-kî / Thó͘-jíⁿ-kî / Thó͘-nī-kî
- (Teochew, Peng'im): tou2 re2 ki5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5thu-gher-ji
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Tǔ'ěrqí
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄦˇ ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tǔ-ěrcí
- Wade–Giles: Tʻu3-êrh3-chʻi2
- Yale: Tǔ-ěr-chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuueelchyi
- Palladius: Туэрци (Tuerci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou2 ji5 kei4
- Yale: tóu yíh kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou2 ji5 kei4
- Guangdong Romanization: tou2 yi5 kéi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³⁵ jiː¹³ kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thú-ngí-khì
- Hakka Romanization System: tuˋ ngiˋ kiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tu3 ngi3 ki2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰu³¹ ŋi³¹ kʰi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Tū-ī-gì
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu³³⁻²¹ i³³⁻²¹ (k-)i⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-ní-kî
- Tâi-lô: Thóo-ní-kî
- Phofsit Daibuun: tofny'kii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-jíⁿ-kî
- Tâi-lô: Thóo-jínn-kî
- Phofsit Daibuun: tofjvy'kii
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thó͘-nī-kî
- Tâi-lô: Thóo-nī-kî
- Phofsit Daibuun: tofnixkii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nĩ³³⁻²¹ ki²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tou2 re2 ki5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thóu jṳ́ khî
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰi⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Proper noun
土耳其
- Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)
- 1837, “經書”, in Karl Gützlaff, editor, 東西洋考每月統紀傳 , page 8:
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- 泰西諸國跨亞細亞歐羅巴兩土者，惟峩羅斯與土耳其兩國。土耳其疆域之大，不及峩羅斯，而擅膏腴之壤，據形便之地，百年來逐鹿紛紛，迄無止戈之日。
- Tàixī zhū guó kuà Yàxìyà Ōuluóbā liǎng tǔ zhě, wéi Éluósī yǔ Tǔ'ěrqí liǎng guó. Tǔ'ěrqí jiāngyù zhī dà, bùjí Éluósī, ér shàn gāoyú zhī rǎng, jù xíngbiàn zhī dì, bǎinián lái zhúlù fēnfēn, qì wú zhǐgē zhī rì.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
泰西诸国跨亚细亚欧罗巴两土者，惟峩罗斯与土耳其两国。土耳其疆域之大，不及峩罗斯，而擅膏腴之壤，据形便之地，百年来逐鹿纷纷，迄无止戈之日。
Synonyms
Derived terms
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 土 | 耳 | 其 |
Proper noun
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 土 | 耳 | 其 |
Proper noun
土耳其
- chữ Hán form of Thổ Nhĩ Kì (“Turkey”)