比利時

See also: 比利时

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (比利時)		比	利	時
simp. (比利时)		比	利	时

Etymology

Attested in 粵海關志 [c. 1839] as 吡唎𠺮.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bǐlìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² lei⁶ si⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Pí-li-sṳ̀

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi³ li⁴ si²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Bī-lé-sì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pí-lī-sî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi² li⁶ si⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi-li-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bǐlìshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bǐlìshíh
    • Wade–Giles: Pi³-li⁴-shih²
    • Yale: Bǐ-lì-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Biilihshyr
    • Palladius: Билиши (Biliši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² lei⁶ si⁴
    • Yale: béi leih sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² lei⁶ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² léi⁶ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ lei̯²² siː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pí-li-sṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi` li siiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi³ li⁴ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ li⁵⁵ sɨ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi³ li⁴ si²
    • Sinological IPA: /pi³¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bī-lé-sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³³⁻²¹ l̃i²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)li⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pí-lī-sî
    • Tâi-lô: Pí-lī-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pylixsii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻²¹ si²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi² li⁶ si⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pí lĭ sî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵²⁻³⁵ li³⁵⁻¹¹ si⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi-li-zy
    • MiniDict: pi^去 li zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-li-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ li⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Proper noun

比利時

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 6, page 52:

     嘉慶十九年，比利時復與荷蘭合。先是荷蘭崇耶穌教，因此與西班牙搆兵，數十年卒獲勝復國，而比利時毗近佛郎西，顧獨從佛俗，尚天主教。又夙隸西班牙、𡒃地利，皆天主教國，既與荷蘭合，不肯從荷俗，兩部之民不相能，時時搆釁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嘉庆十九年，比利时复与荷兰合。先是荷兰崇耶稣教，因此与西班牙构兵，数十年卒获胜复国，而比利时毗近佛郎西，顾独从佛俗，尚天主教。又夙隶西班牙、奥地利，皆天主教国，既与荷兰合，不肯从荷俗，两部之民不相能，时时构衅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Jiāqìng shíjiǔ nián, Bǐlìshí fù yǔ Hélán hé. Xiānshì Hélán chóng yēsūjiào, yīncǐ yǔ Xībānyá gòubīng, shù shí nián zú huòshèng fùguó, ér Bǐlìshí pí jìn fólángxī, gù dú cóng Fó sú, shàng tiānzhǔjiào. Yòu sù lì Xībānyá, Àodìlì, jiē tiānzhǔjiào guó, jì yǔ Hélán hé, bùkěn cóng Hé sú, liǎng bù zhī mín bù xiàngnéng, shíshí gòuxìn. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (obsolete) 白耳義／白耳义 (Bái'ěryì)