夏威夷

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i³⁵/

/haː²² wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

/ha⁵³ ʋi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/

/ha³³⁻¹¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/

/ha⁴¹⁻²² ui³³ i²⁴/

/ha²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/

/ha³³⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/

/hɛ²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/

/he¹¹ ui³³⁻²³ i⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i³⁵/

/haː²² wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

/ha⁵³ ʋi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/

/ha³³⁻¹¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/

/ha⁴¹⁻²² ui³³ i²⁴/

/ha²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/

/ha³³⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/

/hɛ²²⁻²¹ ui⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/

/he¹¹ ui³³⁻²³ i⁵⁵/

From English Hawaii, originally borrowed into Cantonese.

(～州) Hawaii (a state of the United States)


托克勞

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰɔːk̚³ hɐk̚⁵ lou̯²¹/

/tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴/

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ lo¹³/

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴/

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰɔːk̚³ hɐk̚⁵ lou̯²¹/

/tʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴/

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ lo¹³/

/tʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴/

Tokelau (three atolls forming a dependent territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean)


湯加

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/

/tʰɔŋ³³ ka³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/

/tʰɔŋ³³ ka³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

(Mainland China) Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


新西蘭

Calque of English New Zealand. Attested as early as 1838, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nɛ⁵⁵ l̃aŋ⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

/sin³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ lan²³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi³³ le²¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nɛ⁵⁵ l̃aŋ⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴⁻²² lan⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

/sin³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ lan²³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi³³ le²¹/

1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 419:

New Zealand is distant from New Holland about fifteen degrees.

san¹ sai¹ laan⁴ jau⁴ san¹ ho⁴ laan⁴ dung¹ jyut⁶ joeng⁴ joek³ sap⁶ ng⁵ dou⁶ ji⁴ zi³

新西蘭由新荷蘭東越洋約十五度而至

新西兰由新荷兰东越洋约十五度而至

1857, “地震火山論”, in Alexander Wylie, editor, 六合叢談 [Shanghae Serial], volume 6, page 2; republished 官板刪定本 edition, volume 6, 竪川三之橋, (Please provide a date or year), pages 2–3:

There are also volcanoes among the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean, such as New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands.

Tàipíngyáng qúndǎo zhōng, yì yǒu huǒshān, rú Xīnxīlán Sānwéisī děng dǎo.

太平洋群島中，亦有火山，如新西蘭三維斯等島。

太平洋群岛中，亦有火山，如新西兰三维斯等岛。

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


圖瓦盧

/tʰu³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵/

/tʰou̯²¹ ŋaː¹³ lou̯²¹/

/tɔ¹³⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ¹³/

/tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴/

/tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²⁴/

/tʰu³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu³⁵/

/tʰou̯²¹ ŋaː¹³ lou̯²¹/

/tɔ¹³⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ¹³/

/tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴/

/tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²⁴/

(Mainland China) Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


美屬薩摩亞

ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄙㄚˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄚˋ

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ sʊk̚² saːt̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ aː³³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sat̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔk̚²⁴⁻² sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a³³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚⁴⁻³² sat̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ sʊk̚² saːt̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ aː³³/

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


紐埃

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai⁴⁴/

/niũ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai³³/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai⁴⁴/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai⁴⁴/

/niũ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai³³/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai⁴⁴/

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


紐西蘭

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/niũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ län³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/nɐu̯¹³ sɐi̯⁵⁵ laːn²¹/

/liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/niũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/

/niũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

Xiàn jì huárén qiáojū Xīnjīnshān gè bù zhě yǐ yǒu sì wàn rén, yòu yǒu zài Dǎshìmǐníyà yǔ Niǔxīlán liǎng dǎo zhě yuē sì wàn qī qiān rén.

現計華人僑居新金山各埠者已有四萬人，又有在打士米尼亞與紐西蘭兩島者約四萬七千人。

现计华人侨居新金山各埠者已有四万人，又有在打士米尼亚与纽西兰两岛者约四万七千人。

(Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore) New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


薩摩亞

/sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/saːt̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ aː³³/

/sat̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/sat̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a³³/

/sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/saːt̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ aː³³/

/sat̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/sat̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/

/sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² a³³/

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


吐瓦魯

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰou̯³³ ŋaː¹³ lou̯¹³/

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰou̯³³ ŋaː¹³ lou̯¹³/

(Taiwan) Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


東加

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

(Taiwan) Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


庫克群島

ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

Кукэ Цюньдао

/kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³³ hɐk̚⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kun²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kun¹³⁻²² to⁵³/

/kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kun²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/

/kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³³ hɐk̚⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kun²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kun¹³⁻²² to⁵³/

/kʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kun²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


皮特凱恩群島

ㄆㄧˊ ㄊㄜˋ ㄎㄞˇ ㄣ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

Питэкайэнь Цюньдао

/pʰi³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰei̯²¹ tɐk̚² hɔːi̯³⁵ jɐn⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/pʰi²⁴⁻²² tiak̚²⁴⁻² kʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un³³ kun²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/pʰi²⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² to⁵³/

/pʰi¹³⁻²² tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴⁻²² kun¹³⁻²² to⁵³/

Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands#English

Pitcairn Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Pacific Ocean)


塔希提

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/

/tʰaːp̚³ hei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/

/tʰaːp̚³ hei̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

Tahiti (an island in the French Polynesia department)


大溪地

/tä⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tei̯²²/

/tä⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ tei̯²²/

Phono-semantic matching of English Tahiti.


草裙舞

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ mou̯¹³/

/t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰou̯³⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ mou̯¹³/

/t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

(Hong Kong Cantonese) the act of attempting to have a raise in pay or a promotion, by implying jumping ship or quitting


紐絲綸

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

(obsolete) New Zealand (an archipelago and country in Oceania)


紐絲倫

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

1921 July 11, 民聲報 [The Man Sing Times], number 1, page 9:

紐丝倫中華会館

纽丝伦中华会馆


鳥絲倫

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/niːu̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/niːu̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

1921 July 11, 民聲報 [The Man Sing Times], number 1, page 8:

鳥丝倫民声旬報發刋之期

鸟丝伦民声旬报发刊之期


貝克島

/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Baker Island (a US 2.1 km² uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, geographically together with Howland Island part of the Rawaki Islands)


曲克群島

/kʰʊk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/kʰʊk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese) Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)