艾菲爾鐵塔

Chinese

			iron tower; iron pagoda
trad. (艾菲爾鐵塔)		艾菲爾	鐵塔
simp. (艾菲尔铁塔)		艾菲尔	铁塔

艾菲爾鐵塔

Etymology

Partial calque of English Eiffel Tower.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁶ fei¹ ji⁵ tit³ taap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ [Phonetic: àifēiěrtiétǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄦˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àifei-ěr Tiětǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ai⁴-fei¹-êrh³ Tʻieh³-tʻa³
    • Yale: Ài-fēi-ěr Tyě-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ayfeieel Tieetaa
    • Palladius: Айфэйэр Тета (Ajfɛjɛr Teta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁶ fei¹ ji⁵ tit³ taap³
    • Yale: ngaaih fēi yíh tit taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁶ fei¹ ji⁵ tit⁸ taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁶ féi¹ yi⁵ tid³ tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²² fei̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³ tʰiːt̚³ tʰaːp̚³/

Proper noun

艾菲爾鐵塔

1. the Eiffel Tower

   艾菲爾鐵塔是巴黎的標誌性建築。 [MSC, trad.]
   艾菲尔铁塔是巴黎的标志性建筑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ shì Bālí de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù. [Pinyin]

   The Eiffel Tower is Paris's landmark structure.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 埃菲爾鐵塔 (“Eiffel Tower”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	艾菲爾鐵塔, 巴黎鐵塔
Cantonese	Hong Kong	巴黎鐵塔