翡冷翠

Chinese

		green jade; kingfisher	cold	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠
simp. #(翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Italian Firenze, rendered poetically. Coined by the poet Xu Zhimo.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fěilěngcuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² laang⁵ ceoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fěilěngcuì [Phonetic: féilěngcuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fěilěngcuèi
    • Wade–Giles: Fei³-lêng³-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: Fěi-lěng-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feeileengtsuey
    • Palladius: Фэйлэнцуй (Fɛjlɛncuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei² laang⁵ ceoi³
    • Yale: féi láahng cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei² laang⁵ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi² lang⁵ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/

Proper noun

翡冷翠

1. (dated or poetic) Florence (a city in Italy)

Synonyms

• 佛羅倫斯／佛罗伦斯 (Fóluólúnsī)