美麗島
Chinese
editbeautiful; beauty | island | ||
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trad. (美麗島) | 美麗 | 島 | |
simp. (美丽岛) | 美丽 | 岛 |
Etymology
editCalque of Portuguese Ilha Formosa (“Beautiful Isle”).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun
edit美麗島
- Formosa (name given to Taiwan island)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “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.
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