威爾斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (威爾斯)		威	爾	斯
simp. (威尔斯)		威	尔	斯

Etymology

country

Borrowed from English Wales.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēi'ěrsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-gher-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wēi'ěrsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄦˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wei-ěrsih
    • Wade–Giles: Wei¹-êrh³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Wēi-ěr-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueieelsy
    • Palladius: Вэйэрсы (Vɛjɛrsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
    • Yale: wāi yíh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁵ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁵ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ siː⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ue-gher-sy
    • MiniDict: ue^平 r sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-hher-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ ɦəl³³ sz̩²¹/

Proper noun

威爾斯

1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
2. A transliteration of the English surname Wills

Synonyms

• (country): (chiefly Mainland China) 威爾士／威尔士 (Wēi'ěrshì)

Derived terms

• 威爾斯人 / 威尔斯人
• 威爾斯語 / 威尔斯语 (wēi'ěrsīyǔ)
• 新南威爾斯 / 新南威尔斯 (Xīn Nán Wēi'ěrsī)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (2007), “Wills 威尔斯 [英、德、捷]”, 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.