不列顛

See also: 不列顚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (不列顛)		不	列	顛
simp. (不列颠)		不	列	颠

Etymology

Borrowed from English Britain.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bùlièdiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ lit⁶ din¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Put-lie̍t-tiên
Eastern Min (BUC): Bók-liĕk-diĕng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Put-lia̍t-tian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bùlièdiān [Phonetic: búlièdiān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlièdian
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lieh⁴-tien¹
  - Yale: bù-lyè-dyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buliehdian
  - Palladius: буледянь (buledjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ lit⁶ din¹
  - Yale: bāt liht dīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lit⁹ din¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lid⁶ din¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Put-lie̍t-tiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ lied dien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ liad⁶ dian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² li̯et̚⁵ ti̯en²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Bók-liĕk-diĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ l̃ieʔ⁵⁻³³ tieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Put-lia̍t-tian
  - Tâi-lô: Put-lia̍t-tian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putliaddiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴⁻² tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ liɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² tiɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

不列顛

(loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)

Derived terms

不列顛哥倫比亞 / 不列颠哥伦比亚 (Bùlièdiān Gēlúnbǐyà)
不列顛戰役 / 不列颠战役 (bùlièdiān zhànyì)
不列顛群島 / 不列颠群岛 (Bùlièdiān Qúndǎo)
不列顛諸島 / 不列颠诸岛 (Bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo)
大不列顛 / 大不列颠 (Dàbùlièdiān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	列	顛
ブ Grade: 4 (ateji)	リ Grade: 3 (ateji)	テン Hyōgai (ateji)
irregular

Alternative spelling
不列顚 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 不列顛 – see the following entry.

【不列顚ブリテン】

[proper noun] obsolete spelling of ブリテン (Buriten, “Great Britain”)

(This term, 不列顛, is an alternative spelling (extended shinjitai) of the above term.)