明尼亞波利斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (明尼亞波利斯)		明	尼	亞	波	利	斯
simp. (明尼亚波利斯)		明	尼	亚	波	利	斯

Etymology

From English Minneapolis, from Dakota mini (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míngníyàbōlìsī, Míngníyǎbōlìsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ nei⁴ aa³ bo¹ lei⁶ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míngníyàbōlìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míngníyàbolìsih
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-ni²-ya⁴-po¹-li⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Míng-ní-yà-bwō-lì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingniyahbolihsy
    • Palladius: Миннияболисы (Minnijabolisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míngníyǎbōlìsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míngníyǎbolìsih
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-ni²-ya³-po¹-li⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Míng-ní-yǎ-bwō-lì-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingniyeabolihsy
    • Palladius: Миннияболисы (Minnijabolisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ nei⁴ aa³ bo¹ lei⁶ si¹
    • Yale: mìhng nèih a bō leih sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ nei⁴ aa³ bo¹ lei⁶ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ néi⁴ a³ bo¹ léi⁶ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ nei̯²¹ aː³³ pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

明尼亞波利斯

2. (Taiwan) Minneapolis (the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 明尼阿波利斯 (Míngní'ābōlìsī)

Related terms

• 明尼蘇達／明尼苏达 (Míngnísūdá, “Minnesota”)