伊麗莎白

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (伊麗莎白)		伊	麗	莎	白
simp. (伊丽莎白)		伊	丽	莎	白

Etymology

Borrowed from English Elizabeth.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yīlìshābái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ lai⁶ saa¹ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīlìshābái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yilìshabái
    • Wade–Giles: I¹-li⁴-sha¹-pai²
    • Yale: Yī-lì-shā-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ilihshabair
    • Palladius: Илишабай (Ilišabaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ lai⁶ saa¹ baak⁶
    • Yale: yī laih sā baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ lai⁶ saa¹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ lei⁶ sa¹ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²² saː⁵⁵ paːk̚²/

Proper noun

伊麗莎白

1. A transliteration of the English female given name Elizabeth or Elspeth

   伊麗莎白二世／伊丽莎白二世  ―  Yīlìshābái èrshì  ―  Elizabeth II

2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Елизавета (Jelizaveta)
3. A transliteration of the Romanian female given name Elisabeta

Derived terms

• 伊麗莎白項圈 / 伊丽莎白项圈 (Yīlìshābái xiàngquān)

 

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Elizabeth 伊丽莎白”, 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), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 858.