蘭多維列世

Chinese

		phonetic	epoch
trad. (蘭多維列世)		蘭多維列	世
simp. (兰多维列世)		兰多维列	世

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English Llandovery, the rock formation named after the nearby town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, from Welsh Llanymddyfri (literally “church near the waters”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lánduōwéiliè Shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lánduōwéiliè Shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lánduowéiliè Shìh
    • Wade–Giles: Lan²-to¹-wei²-lieh⁴ Shih⁴
    • Yale: Lán-dwō-wéi-lyè Shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Landuoweilieh Shyh
    • Palladius: Ланьдовэйле Ши (Lanʹdovɛjle Ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Proper noun

蘭多維列世

1. (geology) the Llandovery epoch (part of the Silurian period, spanning from 443.4 to 433.4 million years ago)