紐西蘭

See also: 纽西兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (紐西蘭)		紐	西蘭
simp. (纽西兰)		纽	西兰

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Zealand.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niǔxīlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² sai¹ laan⁴, nau⁵ sai¹ laan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Néu-sî-làn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liú-se-lân / Niú-se-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niǔxīlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Niǒusilán
    • Wade–Giles: Niu³-hsi¹-lan²
    • Yale: Nyǒu-syī-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neoushilan
    • Palladius: Нюсилань (Njusilanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau² sai¹ laan⁴, nau⁵ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: náu sāi làahn, náuh sāi làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² sai¹ laan⁴, nau⁵ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² sei¹ lan⁴, neo⁵ sei¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/, /nɐu̯¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Néu-sî-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: neu` xi´ lanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: neu³ xi¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /neu̯³¹ si²⁴ lan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liú-se-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Liú-se-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwselaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Niú-se-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Niú-se-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niwselaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

Proper noun

紐西蘭

1. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

   • 現計華人僑居新金山各埠者已有四萬人，又有在打士米尼亞與紐西蘭兩島者約四萬七千人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     现计华人侨居新金山各埠者已有四万人，又有在打士米尼亚与纽西兰两岛者约四万七千人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1894, 崔國因, 出使美日祕國日記

     Xiàn jì huárén qiáojū Xīnjīnshān gè bù zhě yǐ yǒu sì wàn rén, yòu yǒu zài dǎshìmǐníyà yǔ niǔxīlán liǎng dǎo zhě yuē sì wàn qī qiān rén. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 新西蘭／新西兰 (Xīnxīlán)