索菲婭

See also: 索菲娅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (索菲婭)		索	菲	婭
simp. (索菲娅)		索	菲	娅

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sofia or Sophia.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Suǒfēiyà

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Suǒfēiyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄟ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suǒfeiyà
    • Wade–Giles: So³-fei¹-ya⁴
    • Yale: Swǒ-fēi-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suoofeiyah
    • Palladius: Софэйя (Sofɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ jä⁵¹/

Proper noun

索菲婭

1. A transliteration of the English, German, or Swedish female given name Sophia
2. A transliteration of the English, Italian, or Portuguese female given name Sofia

Alternative forms

• 蘇菲亞／苏菲亚 (Sūfēiyà)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sophia 索菲娅”, 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 621: “西方女子教名，源于希腊语”.
• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Sofia 索菲娅 [俄、意、罗、葡、瑞典]”, 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 2586.