非洲

Chinese

		Africa	continent; island
trad. (非洲)		非	洲
simp. #(非洲)		非	洲

Etymology

Short for 阿非利加洲 (Āfēilìjiā zhōu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fēizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fî-chû
• Eastern Min (BUC): Hĭ-ciŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hui-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ ziu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fi-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fēizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Feijhou
    • Wade–Giles: Fei¹-chou¹
    • Yale: Fēi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feijou
    • Palladius: Фэйчжоу (Fɛjčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fēi jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fî-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭ-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Hui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fi-tseu
    • MiniDict: fi^平 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fi-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi⁵⁵ t͡sɤ²¹/

Proper noun

非洲

1. Africa

   上年我探望了一些非洲家庭。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng le yīxiē Fēizhōu jiātíng. [Pinyin]

   I visited some families in Africa last year.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 阿非利加 (Āfēilìjiā)
• (obsolete) 亞非利加／亚非利加 (Yàfēilìjiā)

Derived terms

• 北部非洲 (Běibù Fēizhōu)
• 東非洲／东非洲 (Dōng Fēizhōu)
• 非洲之角 (Fēizhōu zhī Jiǎo)
• 非洲和尚——乞人憎
• 非洲大蝸牛／非洲大蜗牛 (Fēizhōu dà wōniú)
• 非洲獵犬／非洲猎犬 (Fēizhōu lièquǎn)
• 非洲聯盟／非洲联盟 (Fēizhōu Liánméng)
• 非洲艾虎 (Fēizhōu àihǔ)
• 非洲象 (Fēizhōu xiàng)
• 非洲豬瘟／非洲猪瘟 (Fēizhōu zhūwēn)
• 非洲豺犬 (Fēizhōu cháiquǎn)
• 非洲野犬 (Fēizhōu yěquǎn)
• 非洲鯽／非洲鲫 (Fēizhōu jì)
• 非洲鯽魚／非洲鲫鱼 (Fēizhōu jìyú)
• 黑非洲 (Hēi Fēizhōu)

 

Adjective

非洲

1. (neologism, slang, in gacha games) of bad luck

   Antonym: 歐洲／欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)

See also

Seven Continents in Mandarin · 七大洲 (layout · text)
Icons
Mandarin	北美洲 (Běiměizhōu)	南美洲 (Nánměizhōu)	南極洲／南极洲 (Nánjízhōu)	非洲 (Fēizhōu)	歐洲／欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)	亞洲／亚洲 (Yàzhōu)	大洋洲 (Dàyángzhōu)
English	North America	South America	Antarctica	Africa	Europe	Asia	Oceania

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
非	洲

Proper noun

非洲 • (Phi châu)

1. chữ Hán form of Phi châu (“Africa”).