考文垂
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (考文垂) | 考 | 文 | 垂 | |
| simp. #(考文垂) | 考 | 文 | 垂 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English Coventry.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Kǎowénchuí
- (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Kǎowénchuí
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kǎowúnchuéi
- Wade–Giles: Kʻao3-wên2-chʻui2
- Yale: Kǎu-wén-chwéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kaowenchwei
- Palladius: Каовэньчуй (Kaovɛnʹčuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
考文垂
- Coventry (an industrial city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in central England)
- a transliteration of the English surname Coventry
References
- Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (2007), “Coventry 考文垂 [英]”, 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), 2nd edition, Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC.