荷蘭西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (荷蘭西)		荷	蘭	西
simp. (荷兰西)		荷	兰	西

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lân-se / Hô-liân-se

(Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lân-se
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-lân-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoilansef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-liân-se
  - Tâi-lô: Hô-liân-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoiliensef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô lang se
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ laŋ³³⁻²³ se³³/

Proper noun

荷蘭西

(Southern Min, obsolete) France (a country in western Europe)
- 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, “Notes—Hostilities”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 167:
  
  中國與荷蘭西相刣。何人刣羸。 [Teochew, trad.]
  中国与荷兰西相刣。何人刣羸。 [Teochew, simp.]
  dong¹ gog⁴ gah⁴ ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹ siê¹ tai⁵. di⁵ diang⁵ tai⁵ ian⁵? [Peng'im]
  War between China and France. Who has won the victory?

Synonyms

法國／法国 (Fǎguó)
(dated or poetic) 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)
(obsolete) 佛蘭西／佛兰西 (Fólánxī)
(abbreviation) 法 (fǎ)

Derived terms

荷蘭西水 / 荷兰西水

See also

荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán, “the Netherlands; Holland”)

References

Blussé, Leonard, Nie, Dening (2018) The Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610–1795), page 287
Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “lân”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 292; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 292
hô-lân-se, France. hoat-lân-se, id., generally confounded with Holland by the Amoy people.