威爾斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (威爾斯)		威	爾	斯
simp. (威尔斯)		威	尔	斯

Etymology

country

Borrowed from English Wales.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēi'ěrsī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄦˇ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-gher-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'ěrsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄦˇ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wei-ěrsih
  - Wade–Giles: Wei¹-êrh³-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: Wēi-ěr-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueieelsy
  - Palladius: Вэйэрсы (Vɛjɛrsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
  - Yale: wāi yíh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁵ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue-gher-sy
  - MiniDict: ue^平 r sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-hher-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ ɦəl³³ sz̩²¹/

Proper noun

威爾斯

(Hong Kong, Taiwan) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
a transliteration of the English surname Wills

Synonyms

(country): (chiefly Mainland China) 威爾士／威尔士 (Wēi'ěrshì)

Derived terms

威爾斯人 / 威尔斯人
威爾斯語 / 威尔斯语 (wēi'ěrsīyǔ)
新南威爾斯 / 新南威尔斯 (Xīn Nán Wēi'ěrsī)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (2007), “Wills 威尔斯 [英、德、捷]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC.