底比斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (底比斯)		底	比	斯
simp. #(底比斯)		底	比	斯

Etymology

Phonetic borrowing from English Thebes, Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai, “Thebes”), Ancient Greek Θηβαίς (Thēbaís, “Theban land”), etc.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǐbǐsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǐbǐsī [Phonetic: díbǐsī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǐbǐsih
    • Wade–Giles: Ti³-pi³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Dǐ-bǐ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Diibiisy
    • Palladius: Дибисы (Dibisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

Proper noun

底比斯

1. Thebes (city and historical settlement in Greece)
2. (historical) Thebes (historical city in Egypt)

Synonyms

(City in Greece):

• 忒拜 (Tèbài)