德意志
Chinese
Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
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Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of 同濟／同济 (Tóngjì) and 獨逸／独逸 (Dúyì).
The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:
- 美國／美国 (Měiguó, “America; lit. pretty country”),
- 英國／英国 (Yīngguó, “England; lit. flower/outstanding country”) and
- 法國／法国 (Fǎguó, “France, lit. the law country”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dak1 ji3 zi3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiak-ì-chì / Tek-ì-chì
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7teq-i-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Déyìzhì
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Déyìjhìh
- Wade–Giles: Tê2-i4-chih4
- Yale: Dé-yì-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Deryihjyh
- Palladius: Дэичжи (Dɛičži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dak1 ji3 zi3
- Yale: dāk yi ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: dak7 ji3 dzi3
- Guangdong Romanization: deg1 yi3 ji3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³ t͡siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-ì-chì
- Tâi-lô: Tiak-ì-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: diak'iecix
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-ì-chì
- Tâi-lô: Tik-ì-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: dek'iecix
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
Proper noun
德意志
- (attributive or poetic) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)