威爾士

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (威爾士)		威	爾	士
simp. (威尔士)		威	尔	士

Etymology

Borrowed from English Wales.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēi'ěrshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁵ si⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-er-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'ěrshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wei-ěrshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Wei¹-êrh³-shih⁴
    • Yale: Wēi-ěr-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueieelshyh
    • Palladius: Вэйэрши (Vɛjɛrši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: wāi yíh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ siː²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ue-er-zy
    • MiniDict: ue^平 r zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-er-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ əl³³ zz̩²¹/

Proper noun

威爾士

1. (chiefly Mainland China) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Synonyms

• (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong) 威爾斯／威尔斯 (Wēi'ěrsī)

Derived terms

• 威爾士人／威尔士人
• 威爾士語／威尔士语 (wēi'ěrshìyǔ)
• 新南威爾士／新南威尔士 (Xīn Nán Wēi'ěrshì)