凡爾丁

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (凡爾丁)		凡	爾	丁
simp. (凡尔丁)		凡	尔	丁

Etymology

A loanword with an obscure source; various Chinese references describe the source word as English valetin, valitin, valitine (a type of fabric), but those supposedly English terms appear to be attested only in Chinese contexts.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán'ěrdīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ ji⁵ ding¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán'ěrdīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄦˇ ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán-ěrding
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-êrh³-ting¹
    • Yale: fán-ěr-dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farneelding
    • Palladius: фаньэрдин (fanʹerdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ ji⁵ ding¹
    • Yale: fàahn yíh dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ ji⁵ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ yi⁵ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ jiː¹³ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

凡爾丁

1. (chiefly dated) A plain monochrome wool fabric, thin but stiff and smooth in texture, usually woven with thread warps and yarn wefts and suitable for making summer clothes.

Synonyms

• 凡立丁 (fánlìdīng)