拿破侖

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (拿破侖/拿破崙)		拿	破	侖/崙
simp. (拿破仑)		拿	破	仑

Etymology

From French Napoléon.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nápòlún

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴ po³ leon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nápòlún
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nápòlún
  - Wade–Giles: Na²-pʻo⁴-lun²
  - Yale: Ná-pwò-lwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Napohluen
  - Palladius: Наполунь (Napolunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naa⁴ po³ leon⁴
  - Yale: nàh po lèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴ po³ loen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: na⁴ po³ lên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹ pʰɔː³³ lɵn²¹/

Proper noun

拿破侖

Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor
a transliteration of the English male given name Napoleon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拿破侖):

→ Vietnamese: Nã Phá Luân (拿破侖)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Napoleon 拿破仑”, 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), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1974.