塞浦路斯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (塞浦路斯)		塞	浦	路	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cyprus. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sàipǔlùsī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ pou² lou⁶ si¹ / coi³ pou⁴ lou⁶ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Set-phû-lu-sṳ̂
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sài-phó͘-lō͘-su / Sài-phó͘-lō͘-sir
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵se-phu-lu-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sàipǔlùsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sàipǔlùsih
  - Wade–Giles: Sai⁴-pʻu³-lu⁴-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: Sài-pǔ-lù-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saypuuluhsy
  - Palladius: Сайпулусы (Sajpulusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ pou² lou⁶ si¹ / coi³ pou⁴ lou⁶ si¹
  - Yale: choi póu louh sī / choi pòuh louh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ pou² lou⁶ si¹ / tsoi³ pou⁴ lou⁶ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi³ pou² lou⁶ xi¹ / coi³ pou⁴ lou⁶ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ pʰou̯³⁵ lou̯²² siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ pʰou̯²¹ lou̯²² siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Set-phû-lu-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sed^ˋ pu^ˊ lu sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sed⁵ pu¹ lu⁴ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /set̚² pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵ sɨ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sài-phó͘-lō͘-su
  - Tâi-lô: Sài-phóo-lōo-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saephofloxsw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sai²¹⁻⁵³ pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai²¹⁻⁴¹ pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sai¹¹⁻⁵³ pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sài-phó͘-lō͘-sir
  - Tâi-lô: Sài-phóo-lōo-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹⁻²² sɯ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵se-phu-lu-sy
  - MiniDict: se^去 phu lu sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²se-phu-lu-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se³³ pʰu⁵⁵ lu³³ sz̩²¹/

Proper noun

塞浦路斯

(chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)

Synonyms

(dated) 居比路 (Jūbǐlù)
(Taiwan) 賽普勒斯／赛普勒斯 (Sàipǔlèsī)

Dialectal synonyms of 塞浦路斯 (“Cyprus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賽普勒斯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	塞浦路斯
Southern Min	Xiamen	塞浦路斯
	Quanzhou	塞浦路斯
	Zhangzhou	塞浦路斯

Derived terms

伊特拉塞浦路斯語 / 伊特拉塞浦路斯语