異域

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	field; region; area field; region; area; (taxonomy) domain
trad. (異域)		異	域
simp. (异域)		异	域

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ wik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ī-he̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìyù
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-yü⁴
    • Yale: yì-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihyuh
    • Palladius: июй (ijuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 悒鬱／悒郁 意欲 抑鬱／抑郁 異域／异域

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ wik⁶
    • Yale: yih wihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ wik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ wig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² wɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ī-hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixhek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²²⁻²¹ hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻²² hiɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ hiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ hiɪk̚⁴/

Noun

異域

1. foreign land; exotic country

   異域風情／异域风情  ―  yìyù fēngqíng  ―  exotic culture

2. alien land; place far away from home

   • 有鳥自南兮，來集漢北。好姱佳麗兮，牉獨處此異域。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有鸟自南兮，来集汉北。好姱佳丽兮，牉独处此异域。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Yǒu niǎo zì nán xī, lái jí Hàn běi. Hǎo kuā jiālì xī, pàn dúchù cǐ yìyù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (music) exotica

Derived terms

• 殊方異域／殊方异域
• 異域性／异域性

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (異域):

• → Japanese: 異(い)域(いき) (iiki)
• → Korean: 이역(異域) (iyeok)