突尼斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (突尼斯)		突	尼	斯
simp. #(突尼斯)		突	尼	斯

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From French Tunisie for country sense?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tūnísī, Túnísī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁶ nei⁴ si¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tu̍t-nî-sir / Tu̍t-nî-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tūnísī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tunísih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu¹-ni²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tū-ní-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tunisy
    • Palladius: тунисы (tunisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵ ni³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Túnísī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túnísih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-ni²-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tú-ní-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twunisy
    • Palladius: тунисы (tunisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ni³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dat⁶ nei⁴ si¹
    • Yale: daht nèih sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dat⁹ nei⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ded⁶ néi⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐt̚² nei̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tu̍t-nî-sir
    • Tâi-lô: Tu̍t-nî-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tut̚²⁴⁻² nĩ²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tu̍t-nî-su
    • Tâi-lô: Tu̍t-nî-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dudnisw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ nĩ¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tut̚⁴⁻³² nĩ²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Proper noun

突尼斯

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
2. (～城, ～市) Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)

Synonyms

• (Tunisia): (Taiwan) 突尼西亞／突尼西亚 (Tūníxīyà)