以色列

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (以色列)		以	色	列
simp. ^#(以色列)		以	色	列

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以色列

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǐsèliè

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Yî-set-lie̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): Ī-sáik-liĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Í-sek-lia̍t / Í-siak-lia̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i-seq-liq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
  - Wade–Giles: I³-sê⁴-lieh⁴
  - Yale: Yǐ-sè-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiisehlieh
  - Palladius: Исэле (Isɛle)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶
  - Yale: yíh sīk liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sik⁷ lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xig¹ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: i´ sed` lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i´ sed` lied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɛt̚¹ liɛt̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Ī-sáik-liĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃ieʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-sek-lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Í-sik-lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ysekliat
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-siak-lia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: Í-siak-lia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ysiakliat
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ sek lie̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ liek̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵i-seq-liq
  - MiniDict: i^去 seh lih
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-seq-liq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ səʔ⁵⁵ liɪʔ²¹/

Proper noun

以色列

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
Israel (another name for Jacob)

Synonyms

(Israel): (abbreviation) 以 (Yǐ); (short form) 以國／以国 (Yǐguó); (obsolete) 一賜樂業／一赐乐业 (Yīcìlèyè)