翡冷翠
Chinese
| green jade; kingfisher | cold | bluish-green; green jade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (翡冷翠) | 翡 | 冷 | 翠 | |
| simp. #(翡冷翠) | 翡 | 冷 | 翠 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Italian Firenze, rendered poetically. Coined by the poet Xu Zhimo.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Fěilěngcuì
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fei2 laang5 ceoi3
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5fi-lan-tshoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Fěilěngcuì [Phonetic: féilěngcuì]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Fěilěngcuèi
- Wade–Giles: Fei3-lêng3-tsʻui4
- Yale: Fěi-lěng-tswèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feeileengtsuey
- Palladius: Фэйлэнцуй (Fɛjlɛncuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fei2 laang5 ceoi3
- Yale: féi láahng cheui
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei2 laang5 tsoey3
- Guangdong Romanization: féi2 lang5 cêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /fei̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Proper noun
翡冷翠 (dated or poetic)
- Florence (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy)