西西弗斯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (西西弗斯)		西	西	弗	斯

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīxīfúsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ sai¹ fat¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīxīfúsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ ㄈㄨˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sisifúsih
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-hsi¹-fu²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Syī-syī-fú-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shishifwusy
    • Palladius: Сисифусы (Sisifusy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ fu³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ sai¹ fat¹ si¹
    • Yale: sāi sāi fāt sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ sai¹ fat⁷ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ sei¹ fed¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ fɐt̚⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西西弗斯

1. (Greek mythology) Sisyphus