新西蘭

See also: 新西兰

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	Zealand
trad. (新西蘭)		新	西蘭
simp. (新西兰)		新	西兰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnxīlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sîn-sî-làn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xin¹ xi¹ lan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Sĭng-să̤-làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-se-lan / Sin-se-lân / Sin-si-lân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-shi-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnxīlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsilán
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-hsi¹-lan²
    • Yale: Syīn-syī-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinshilan
    • Palladius: Синьсилань (Sinʹsilanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: sān sāi làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sai¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sei¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sîn-sî-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ xi´ lanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ xi¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ si²⁴ lan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xin¹ xi¹ lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁴⁴ si⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sĭng-să̤-làng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)nɛ⁵⁵ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-se-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-se-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinselafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-se-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-se-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinselaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sin³³ se³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-si-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-si-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsilaan
    • IPA (Penang): /sin³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ lan²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-shi-le
    • MiniDict: shin^平 shi le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-xi-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi³³ le²¹/

Etymology 1

Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore) 紐西蘭／纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán)
• (obsolete) 紐絲綸／纽丝纶 (Niǔsīlún), 紐絲倫／纽丝伦 (Niǔsīlún), 鳥絲倫／鸟丝伦 (Niǎosīlún)

Etymology 2

Short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng) + 西藏 (Xīzàng) + 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu). Pun on Etymology 1.

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. (Mainland China, military, slang) Xinjiang, Tibet and Lanzhou military region (in 2016 merged to form the Western Theater Command)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	西	蘭
にゅー Grade: 2	じー Grade: 2	らんど Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English New Zealand. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 新西蘭／新西兰 (Xīnxīlán).

Proper noun

新西蘭(ニュージーランド) • (Nyū Jīrando) 

1. Obsolete spelling of ニュージーランド.

Korean

Hanja in this term
新	西	蘭

Proper noun

新西蘭 • (Sinseoran) (hangeul 신서란)

1. (obsolete) Hanja form^? of 신서란 (“New Zealand”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
新	西	蘭

Proper noun

新西蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Tân Tây Lan (“New Zealand”).