夏威夷

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (夏威夷)		夏	威	夷
simp. #(夏威夷)		夏	威	夷

Etymology

From English Hawaii, originally borrowed into Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàwēiyí, Xiàwéiyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ wai¹ ji⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ha-vî-ì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ha⁴ vi¹ yi²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hā-ui-î / Hēe-ui-î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hê⁷ ui¹ i⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàwēiyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàweiyí
    • Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-wei¹-i²
    • Yale: Syà-wēi-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahueiyi
    • Palladius: Сявэйи (Sjavɛji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàwéiyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàwéiyí
    • Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-wei²-i²
    • Yale: Syà-wéi-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahweiyi
    • Palladius: Сявэйи (Sjavɛji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ wai¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: hah wāi yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ wai¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ wei¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha-vî-ì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha vi´ iˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ vi¹ i²
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ vi²⁴ i¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ha⁴ vi¹ yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵³ ʋi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hā-ui-î
    • Tâi-lô: Hā-ui-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxui'ii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha⁴¹⁻²² ui³³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hēe-ui-î
    • Tâi-lô: Hēe-ui-î
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hê⁷ ui¹ i⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hē ui î
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /he¹¹ ui³³⁻²³ i⁵⁵/

Proper noun

夏威夷

1. Hawaii (islands)
2. (～州) Hawaii (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• (dated) 檀香山 (Tánxiāng Shān)
• (obsolete) 阿歪希

Derived terms

• 夏威夷果 (Xiàwēiyíguǒ)
• 夏威夷豆 (Xiàwēiyídòu)