一帶一路

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	band; belt; girdle band; belt; girdle; ribbon; area; zone; region; wear; carry; lead; bring; consists of; show; and	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	road; path; way
trad. (一帶一路)		一	帶	一	路
simp. (一带一路)		一	带	一	路
Literally: “One Belt, One Road (short for One Silk Road Economic Belt, One 21st Century Maritime Silk Road)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīdàiyīlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄞˋ ㄧ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ daai³ jat¹ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdàiyīlù [Phonetic: yídàiyílù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄞˋ ㄧ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidàiyilù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tai⁴-i¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: yī-dài-yī-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idayiluh
    • Palladius: идайилу (idajilu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ daai³ jat¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: yāt daai yāt louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ daai³ jat⁷ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ dai³ yed¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ taːi̯³³ jɐt̚⁵ lou̯²²/

Proper noun

一帶一路

1. (neologism) Belt and Road Initiative (development strategy adopted by the Chinese government)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: it rangh it loh (calque)
• → Vietnamese: Một vành đai, một con đường (calque)