荷蘭

See also: 荷兰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (荷蘭)		荷	蘭
simp. (荷兰)		荷	兰
alternative forms		嗬囒／嗬𪢠 obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Holland.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hélán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ laan^4-1
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Hò-làn / Hò-nàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ho² lan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Hò̤-làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lân / Hô-lan / O-lân
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hélán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hélán
    • Wade–Giles: Ho²-lan²
    • Yale: Hé-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herlan
    • Palladius: Хэлань (Xɛlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ laan^4-1
    • Yale: hòh lāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ laan^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ lan^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ laːn²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-làn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ lan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ lan¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hò-làn / Hò-nàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ lan^ˇ / ho^ˇ nan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho² lan² / ho² nan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ lan¹¹/, /ho¹¹ nan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ho² lan²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ lan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hò̤-làng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³⁻³³ l̃aŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lân
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoilaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lan
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-lan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoilafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² lan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O-lân
    • Tâi-lô: O-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oilaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wu-le
    • MiniDict: wu^去 le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² le⁴⁴/

Proper noun

荷蘭

1. Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)

   荷蘭東印度公司／荷兰东印度公司  ―  Hélán Dōng Yìndù Gōngsī  ―  Dutch East India Company

   • 1730, 陳倫烱, 海國聞見錄, volume 上卷, page 14:

     荷蘭嚴守安平大港，成功從鹿耳門進，水漲三丈餘，入據臺灣，與荷蘭相持甚久。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荷兰严守安平大港，成功从鹿耳门进，水涨三丈余，入据台湾，与荷兰相持甚久。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Hélán yánshǒu Ānpíng dà gǎng, Chénggōng cóng Lù'ěrmén jìn, shuǐ zhàng sān zhàng yú, rù jù Táiwān, yǔ Hélán Xiàngchí shèn jiǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)
3. (Mainland China, Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of 河南 (Hénán, “Henan province”) (mocking the accent of the Henan dialect)

Adjective

荷蘭

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic, vulgar) Alternative form of 好撚 (hou² lan², “fucking (as an intensifier)”)

Derived terms

• 白荷蘭翹搖／白荷兰翘摇
• 荷蘭乳牛／荷兰乳牛
• 荷蘭文／荷兰文 (Hélánwén, “Dutch language”)
• 荷蘭水／荷兰水 (hélánshuǐ)
• 荷蘭水蓋／荷兰水盖
• 荷蘭滾／荷兰滚 (“Dutch roll”)
• 荷蘭王國／荷兰王国 (Hélán Wángguó, “Kingdom of the Netherlands”)
• 荷蘭蔥／荷兰葱 (“Alocasia cucullata”)
• 荷蘭薯／荷兰薯
• 荷蘭語／荷兰语 (Hélányǔ, “Dutch language”)
• 荷蘭豆／荷兰豆 (hélándòu, “snow pea”)
• 荷蘭豬／荷兰猪 (“guinea pig”)
• 荷蘭醬／荷兰酱 (“hollandaise sauce”)
• 荷蘭門／荷兰门 (hélánmén, “Dutch door”)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荷蘭):

• → Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡥᠣ᠋
  ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
• → Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan)
• → Zhuang: Hozlanz

See also

• 和蘭／和兰 (Hélán)
• 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (Nídélán)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “荷蘭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
荷	蘭

Proper noun

荷蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Hà Lan.:
   1. Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)
   2. Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)