托爾斯泰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (托爾斯泰)		托	爾	斯	泰
simp. (托尔斯泰)		托	尔	斯	泰

Etymology

From Russian Толсто́й (Tolstój).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tuō'ěrsītài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tok³ ji⁵ si¹ taai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tuō'ěrsītài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄦˇ ㄙ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tuo-ěrsihtài
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻo¹-êrh³-ssŭ¹-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: Twō-ěr-sz̄-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tuoeelsytay
    • Palladius: Тоэрсытай (Toersytaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tok³ ji⁵ si¹ taai³
    • Yale: tok yíh sī taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tok⁸ ji⁵ si¹ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tog³ yi⁵ xi¹ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːi̯³³/

Proper noun

托爾斯泰

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Толсто́й (Tolstój), Tolstoy

   列夫·托爾斯泰／列夫·托尔斯泰  ―  Lièfū Tuō'ěrsītài  ―  Leo Tolstoy (a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Tolstoi 托尔斯泰 [俄]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2773.
• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Tolstoy 托尔斯泰 [俄]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2773.