凡爾賽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (凡爾賽)		凡	爾	賽
simp. (凡尔赛)		凡	尔	赛

Etymology

Borrowed from French Versailles, via Wu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán'ěrsài

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ ji⁵ coi³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ re² sai³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ve-er-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán'ěrsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán-ěrsài
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-êrh³-sai⁴
    • Yale: fán-ěr-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farneelsay
    • Palladius: фаньэрсай (fanʹersaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ ji⁵ coi³
    • Yale: fàahn yíh choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ ji⁵ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ yi⁵ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ jiː¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ re² sai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng jṳ́ sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ sai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ve-er-se
    • MiniDict: ve^去 r se
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ve-er-se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ve²² əl⁵⁵ se²¹/

Proper noun

凡爾賽

1. Versailles

Derived terms

• 凡爾賽宮／凡尔赛宫 (Fán'ěrsài Gōng)

 

Noun

凡爾賽

1. (neologism, slang) class and elegance
2. (neologism, slang) humblebrag