維爾京群島

Chinese

			archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (維爾京群島/維爾京羣島)		維爾京	群島/羣島
simp. (维尔京群岛)		维尔京	群岛

Etymology

Partial calque of English Virgin Islands.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ kwan⁴ dou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ûi-ní-keng Kûn-tó͘ / Ûi-ní-keng Kûn-tó / Ûi-jíⁿ-keng Kûn-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wéi'ěrjīng Qúndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wéi-ěrjing Cyúndǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Wei²-êrh³-ching¹ Chʻün²-tao³
  - Yale: Wéi-ěr-jīng Chyún-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weieeljing Chyundao
  - Palladius: Вэйэрцзин Цюньдао (Vɛjɛrczin Cjunʹdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Yale: wàih yíh gīng kwàhn dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ kwan⁴ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ yi⁵ ging¹ kuen⁴ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ jiː¹³ kɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûi-ní-keng Kûn-tó͘
  - Tâi-lô: Uî-ní-king Kûn-tóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uiny'kefng kundor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³ kun²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûi-ní-keng Kûn-tó
  - Tâi-lô: Uî-ní-king Kûn-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uiny'kefng kundoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûi-jíⁿ-keng Kûn-tó
  - Tâi-lô: Uî-jínn-king Kûn-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uijvy'kefng kundoir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³⁻²² to⁵³/

Proper noun

維爾京群島

(chiefly Mainland China) Virgin Islands (an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands)

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 維京群島／维京群岛 (Wéijīng Qúndǎo)
(Hong Kong) 處女群島／处女群岛 (Chùnǚ Qúndǎo)