美麗島

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty	island
trad. (美麗島)		美麗	島
simp. (美丽岛)		美丽	岛

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese Ilha Formosa (“Beautiful Isle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Měilìdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ lai⁶ dou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bí-lē-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Měilìdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Měilìdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Mei³-li⁴-tao³
    • Yale: Měi-lì-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meeilihdao
    • Palladius: Мэйлидао (Mɛjlidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ lai⁶ dou²
    • Yale: méih laih dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ lai⁶ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ lei⁶ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lɐi̯²² tou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó
    • Tâi-lô: Bí-lē-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bylexdoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²²⁻²¹ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ le⁴¹⁻²² to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²²⁻²¹ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le³³⁻¹¹ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le³³⁻²¹ tɤ⁴¹/

Proper noun

美麗島

1. Formosa (name given to Taiwan island)

Synonyms

• 寶島／宝岛 (Bǎodǎo)
• 福爾摩沙／福尔摩沙 (Fú'ěrmóshā)

References

• “Entry #21362”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.