賽里斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (賽里斯)		賽	里	斯
simp. (赛里斯)		赛	里	斯

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China, the land of the Chinese”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*slɯ, “silk”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàilǐsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàilǐsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàilǐsih
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴-li³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sài-lǐ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sayliisy
    • Palladius: сайлисы (sajlisy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

Proper noun

賽里斯

1. China