明尼亞波利斯
Chinese
| phonetic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (明尼亞波利斯) | 明 | 尼 | 亞 | 波 | 利 | 斯 | |
| simp. (明尼亚波利斯) | 明 | 尼 | 亚 | 波 | 利 | 斯 | |
Etymology
From English Minneapolis, from Dakota mini (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Míngníyàbōlìsī
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Míngníyàbolìsih
- Wade–Giles: Ming2-ni2-ya4-po1-li4-ssŭ1
- Yale: Míng-ní-yà-bwō-lì-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingniyahbolihsy
- Palladius: Миннияболисы (Minnijabolisy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Míngníyǎbōlìsī
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Míngníyǎbolìsih
- Wade–Giles: Ming2-ni2-ya3-po1-li4-ssŭ1
- Yale: Míng-ní-yǎ-bwō-lì-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingniyeabolihsy
- Palladius: Миннияболисы (Minnijabolisy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ming4 nei4 aa3 bo1 lei6 si1
- Yale: mìhng nèih a bō leih sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4 nei4 aa3 bo1 lei6 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4 néi4 a3 bo1 léi6 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹ nei̯²¹ aː³³ pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
明尼亞波利斯
- (Taiwan) Minneapolis (the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County)
Synonyms
- (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 明尼阿波利斯 (Míngní'ābōlìsī)