瑞典

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞典)		瑞	典
alternative forms		𠿩唺 obsolete

Etymology

From English Sweden, borrowed through a southern Chinese variety (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial), or an earlier stage of Mandarin. See also 瑞士 (Ruìshì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ruìdiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ din²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sui-tién

(Meixian, Guangdong): sui⁴ diên³
Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-diēng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-tián

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁶ diêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìdiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèidiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-tien³
  - Yale: Rwèi-dyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueydean
  - Palladius: Жуйдянь (Žujdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶ din²
  - Yale: seuih dín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ din²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ din²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² tiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-tién
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui dien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ dian³
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sui⁴ diên³
  - Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-diēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-tián
  - Tâi-lô: Suī-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixdiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui⁶ diêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi tiéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-ti
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 ti
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-ti
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ti⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞典

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
- 1838, Karl Gützlaff, 古今萬國綱鑑, volume 19, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 87:
  
  大尼族起耕田，種五穀及安分，國者與瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  大尼族起耕田，种五谷及安分，国者与瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Dàní zú qǐ gēngtián, zhǒng wǔgǔ jí ānfèn, guó zhě yǔ Ruìdiǎn dìfāng héhé, wéi Dàní wáng xíng nüèzhèng, Ruìdiǎn mín fǎnpàn yān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 411:
  
  瑞典那華兩國者王號揸理第十四傳 [Cantonese, trad.]
  瑞典那华两国者王号揸理第十四传 [Cantonese, simp.]
  seoi⁶ din² no⁵ waa⁴ loeng⁵ gwok³ ze² wong⁴ hou⁶ zaa¹ lei⁵ dai⁶ sap⁶ sei³ cyun⁴ [Jyutping]
  Sweden and Norway, of which Charles XIV. is king.
(neologism, Internet slang) Northeast China

Synonyms

(obsolete) 瑞國／瑞国 (Ruìguó)

Derived terms

瑞典人 (Ruìdiǎnrén)
瑞典語 / 瑞典语 (Ruìdiǎnyǔ)
瑞典鹽醃鯡魚 / 瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (ruìdiǎn yán yān fēiyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	典
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

The spelling is ateji (当て字), from Chinese 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) スウェーデン [sùwéꜜèdèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨβ̞e̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

瑞典(スウェーデン) • (Suwēden)

obsolete spelling of スウェーデン: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典 • (Seojeon) (hangeul 서전)

(obsolete) hanja form^? of 서전 : Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典

chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Điển: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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