沙壩

/saː⁵⁵ paː³³/

/saː⁵⁵ paː³³/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁵⁵/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pa⁵³/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁵⁵/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pa⁵³/

Sa Pa (the capital of Sa Pa district, Lào Cai, Vietnam)


沙壩

/saː⁵⁵ paː³³/

/saː⁵⁵ paː³³/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁵⁵/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pa⁵³/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁵⁵/

/sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pa⁵³/

(Hakka) beach (sandy, on a river, lake or coast); sandy shore


曼克頓

/maːn²² hɐk̚⁵ tɵn²²/

/maːn²² hɐk̚⁵ tɵn²²/

Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)


土邦

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

(historical) princely state (in British India)


王書

/wɑŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

/wɑŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/

Shahnameh (epic poem written by Ferdowsi)


怡朗

/i³⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ lɔːŋ¹³/

/i²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/i³⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ lɔːŋ¹³/

/i²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

From Hiligaynon Ilong-ilong, the river on which Iloilo city was built next to, as recorded in the Maragtas. It roughly translates to "nose-like", which could refer to the shape of the river's opening.

(Taiwan, Philippines) (～省) Iloilo (a province of the Philippines)


巴鐵

/pä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/


坡縣

/pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pɔː⁵⁵ jyːn²²/

/pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pɔː⁵⁵ jyːn²²/

From Singapore's small area, which is comparable with a typical Chinese county or even a large county seat. Compare Little Red Dot in English that arouse from Singapore's geography.

2023 October 7, Lianhe Zaobao, “坡县”可以休矣！ ("Singapore County"? Just Stop It!):

In my opinion, those who refer Singapore as "Singapore County" should consider what would be their feeling if foreigners referred to China or Chinese in a humorous way?

Wǒ xiǎng, shuō “pōxiàn” de rén bùfáng huànwèisīkǎo yīxià, yào shì lǎowài yòng diàokǎn de fāngshì lái chēnghū zhōngguó huò zhōngguórén, gǎnshòu huì zěnme yàng ne?

我想，說「坡縣」的人不妨換位思考一下，要是老外用調侃的方式來稱呼中國或中國人，感受會怎麼樣呢？

我想，说「坡县」的人不妨换位思考一下，要是老外用调侃的方式来称呼中国或中国人，感受会怎么样呢？

(Mainland China, informal, derogatory) Singapore


腓尼基

/feɪ̯³⁵ ni³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

féi⁴ néi⁴ géi¹

/feɪ̯³⁵ ni³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/


洛城

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Alternative name for 洛陽／洛阳 (Luòyáng, “Luoyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)”).

洛陽

(literary) Alternative name for 洛杉磯／洛杉矶 (Luòshānjī, “Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)”).


水立方

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ laːp̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ laːp̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

the Beijing National Aquatics Center; the Water Cube


吳哥城

/u³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/ŋ̍²¹ kɔː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

/u³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/ŋ̍²¹ kɔː⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/


鯤島

/kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


曹縣

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

(Mainland China, Internet slang) Phono-orthographic alternation of 朝鮮／朝鲜 (Cháoxiǎn, “North Korea”).


墨累-達令流域

ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄟˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ

Молэйдалин Лююй

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵ liŋ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/

Murray-Darling Basin
Murray-Darling Basin


九龍江

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄤ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Sense #2 corresponds to Vietnamese sông Cửu Long (literally “Nine Dragons River”).

cog

Jiulong River (the largest river in southern Fujian, China)


黃浦

→ English: Huangpu, Whangpoo, Whang-poo

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ pʰou̯³⁵/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ pʰɔ⁴¹/

/ɦuɑ̃²² pʰu⁴⁴/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ pʰou̯³⁵/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/hɔŋ¹³⁻²² pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ²³⁻³³ pʰɔ⁴¹/

/ɦuɑ̃²² pʰu⁴⁴/

(～江) Huangpu River (a river in Shanghai, China; a tributary of the Yangtze)


伯克利

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley


京津冀

Цзинцзиньцзи

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

京津冀一體化

京津冀一体化

Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei (as a single region)


不列顛戰役

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄓㄢˋ ㄧˋ

bùlièdiān zhànyì [Phonetic:búlièdiān zhànyì]

буледянь чжаньи

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ jɪk̚²/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ jɪk̚²/


南斯拉夫社會主義聯邦共和國

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南斯拉夫社會主義聯邦共和國

南斯拉夫社会主义联邦共和国

Nánsīlāfū Shèhuì Zhǔyì Liánbāng Gònghéguó

ㄋㄢˊ ㄙ ㄌㄚ ㄈㄨ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄤ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Nánsihlafu Shèhuèi Jhǔyì Liánbang Gònghéguó

Nan²-ssŭ¹-la¹-fu¹ Shê⁴-hui⁴ Chu³-i⁴ Lien²-pang¹ Kung⁴-ho²-kuo²

Nán-sz̄-lā-fū Shè-hwèi Jǔ-yì Lyán-bāng Gùng-hé-gwó

Nansylhafu Shehhuey Juuyih Lianbang Gonqhergwo

Наньсылафу Шэхуэй Чжуи Ляньбан Гунхэго

/nän³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

(historical) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia


澳大利

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/ou̯³³ taːi̯²² lei̯²²/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/ou̯³³ taːi̯²² lei̯²²/

1855 January 1, 遐邇貫珍 [Chinese Serial], volume III, number 1, page 9:

sap⁶ jyut⁶ sap⁶ luk⁶ jat⁶ jau⁵ jing¹ syun⁴, ming⁴ joek⁶ kai² ming⁴ sing¹ ze², jau⁴ ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ mei⁵ pun⁴ zik¹ san¹ gam¹ saan¹, joeng⁴ faan⁴ dai² gong².

十月十六日有英船，名曰啟明星者，由澳大利美盤即新金山，揚帆抵港。

十月十六日有英船，名曰启明星者，由澳大利美盘即新金山，扬帆抵港。

(obsolete) Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)


瓦萊達奧斯塔

ㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄠˋ ㄙ ㄊㄚˇ

Валай Дааосыта

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ tä³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋaː¹³ lɔːi̯²¹ taːt̚² ou̯³³ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³/

Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley#English:_Q1222

Aosta Valley (an autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal)


列治文

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹/

/li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵/

/liːt̚² t͡siː²² mɐn²¹/

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

(specifically) Richmond (a city in Great Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)


千里馬

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ maː¹³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

/t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ be⁵²⁻²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ maː¹³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

/t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ be⁵²⁻²¹/

An ancient state around modern Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.


臺資

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Taiwan capital; Taiwan investment; Taiwan funding


烏蘇里江

ㄨ ㄙㄨ ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄤ

/u⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wuː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/u⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wuː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


楚瑪爾河

ㄔㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄏㄜˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔː³⁵ maː¹³ jiː¹³ hɔː²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔː³⁵ maː¹³ jiː¹³ hɔː²¹/

Chumar River (a river in Hoh Xil, among the sources of the Yangtze River)


沱沱河

ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰɔː²¹ tʰɔː²¹ hɔː²¹/

/tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰɔː²¹ tʰɔː²¹ hɔː²¹/

From Tibetan ཐོག་ཐོག་ཆུ (thog thog chu) (translating the last element ཆུ (chu)).


全港

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/


人民公社

ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˋ

жэньминь гуншэ

/ʐən³⁵ min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ mɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɛː¹³/

/ʐən³⁵ min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ mɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɛː¹³/

Xiling People's Commune (existed between 1960 and 1967)

西陵人民公社

people's commune (administrative unit in China from 1958 to 1983)


白俄國

/paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paːk̚² ŋɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paːk̚² ŋɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

白俄羅斯 白俄羅斯#Chinese

白俄罗斯 白俄罗斯#Chinese

Alternative term for 白俄羅斯／白俄罗斯 (Bái'éluósī).: Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


北大西洋

ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄤˊ

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ taːi̯²² sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² se³³ iũ²⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ tua²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ¹³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ taːi̯²² sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹⁻²² se³³ iũ²⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ tua²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻²² iũ¹³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ tua³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ iũ²³/


御三家

/y⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/jyː²² saːm⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/y⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/jyː²² saːm⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 御(ご)三(さん)家(け) (gosanke).

if it's willing to dying for love, I'm one of the Gosanke

1985, 許冠傑 (lyrics), 《日本娃娃》, in 《最緊要好玩》, performed by 許冠傑

kau⁴ oi³ gam² sei² deoi⁶⁻² ngo⁵ suk⁶ jyu⁶ saam¹ gaa¹

求愛敢死隊我屬御三家

求爱敢死队我属御三家

the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan


山崙

/suiŋ⁵⁴ lœyŋ⁴²/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² lun²²/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ lun³³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² lun²¹/

/suiŋ⁵⁴ lœyŋ⁴²/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² lun²²/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ lun³³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² lun²¹/

(Northern Min) ridge of a mountain or hill


西河

(～鎮) Xihe (a town in Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)


土山

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/


土丘

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

/tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/


墨西哥灣

ㄇㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄜ ㄨㄢ

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/mɐk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/mɐk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵/


北圻

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/


秦淮河

ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰin³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Qinhuai River (a river in Jiangsu, China)


孟什維克

ㄇㄥˋ ㄕˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄜˋ

/mɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/mɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Russian меньшеви́к (menʹševík).

孟什维克
孟塞維克
門塞維克
孟雪維克


什剎海

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐp̚² saːt̚³ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐp̚² saːt̚³ hɔːi̯³⁵/

什剎海風景區

什刹海风景区

Shichahai (a historic scenic area consisting of three lakes in the north of central Beijing, China)


多朗多

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tɔː⁵⁵/

Waterloo and Toronto are 80 miles apart; driving [between the two cities] doesn't even take two hours. The twin cities in that area form one of the industrial centres of eastern Canada.

1968 June 8, 周維幹 and 盛慶琜, 加拿大校友會分區聯誼會短記, in 交大友聲

Huátiělù jù Duōlǎngduō bāshí lǐ zhī yáo, qūchē bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí, gāi dì liǎng chéng luánshēng wéi Jiādōng gōngyè zhòngqū zhīyī.

滑鐵路距多朗多八十哩之遙，驅車不到兩小時，該地兩城孿生為加東工業重區之一。

滑铁路距多朗多八十哩之遥，驱车不到两小时，该地两城孪生为加东工业重区之一。

(obsolete) Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)


雪域

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/

(often poetic) land of snow, especially Tibet


天池

→ English: Tianchi, Tienchih

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/


砵崙

(Cantonese) Portland (a city, the state capital of Oregon, United States)


美京

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

華盛頓特區 華盛頓特區#Chinese

华盛顿特区 华盛顿特区#Chinese

Alternative name for 華盛頓特區／华盛顿特区 (Huáshèngdùn Tèqū, “Washington, D.C.”).


所叻

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/sɔː³⁵ lɛːk̚⁵/

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/sɔː³⁵ lɛːk̚⁵/

(dated) Salt Lake City (a city in Utah, United States)


柯利根

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

/ɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² kɐn⁵⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/

/ɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² kɐn⁵⁵/

Borrowed from English Oregon, via Cantonese.

(～省) (obsolete) Oregon (a state of the United States)


下龍灣

ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄢ

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/haː²² lʊŋ²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/haː²² lʊŋ²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

Hạ Long Bay (a bay of Quang Ninh, Vietnam)


灣區

/wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/waːn⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/waːn⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

灣區碼農

湾区码农

San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area

(colloquial) the Bay; San Francisco Bay Area


希盟

/ɕi⁵⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/

/hei̯⁵⁵ mɐŋ²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/

/hei̯⁵⁵ mɐŋ²¹/

Short for 希望聯盟／希望联盟 (xīwàng liánméng, “Pakatan Harapan (Malaysian political alliance)”).


汨羅江

ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄤ

/mi⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/mɪk̚² lɔː²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/mi⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/mɪk̚² lɔː²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


永定

→ English: Engteng, Yongding, Yung-ting

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/

/wɪŋ¹³ tɪŋ²²/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/

/ioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/

/wɪŋ¹³ tɪŋ²²/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/

/ioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

(～區, formerly ～縣) Yongding (a district and former county of Longyan, Fujian, China)

(～區) Yongding (a district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China)


皮埃蒙特

ㄆㄧˊ ㄞ ㄇㄥˊ ㄊㄜˋ

/pʰi³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/pʰei̯²¹ ɔːi̯⁵⁵ mʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚²/

/pʰi³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ mɤŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/pʰei̯²¹ ɔːi̯⁵⁵ mʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚²/

administrative region
administrative region

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


舍路

→ Japanese: 舎路 (“Seattle”)

/ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

/sɛː³³ lou̯²²/

/ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

/sɛː³³ lou̯²²/

(～埠) (obsolete or Taishanese) Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)


南湖

South Lake (a lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China)

South Lake (a lake in Wuhan, Hubei, China)


東湖

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹/

From its position relative to nearby Wuchang.

East Lake (a large lake in Wuhan, Hubei, China)


乒乓外交

ㄆㄧㄥ ㄆㄤ ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

пинпан вайцзяо

/pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰiŋ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


汨羅

/mi⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/mɪk̚² lɔː²¹/

/mi⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/mɪk̚² lɔː²¹/

(～江) Miluo River (a river in Hunan, China)


北京填鴨

北京填鸭
北京塡鴨
北京田鴨

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ aːp̚³/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ aːp̚³/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/


片皮鴨

/pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ jä⁵⁵/

pin³⁻² péi⁴ ab³⁻²

/pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/

/pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ aːp̚³/

/pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ jä⁵⁵/

/pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ aːp̚³⁻³⁵/

/pʰiːn³³⁻³⁵ pʰei̯²¹ aːp̚³/


黃河三角洲

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄡ

Хуанхэ Саньцзяочжоу

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


新馬泰

/ɕin⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ maː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ maː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/

馬來西亞 馬來西亞#Chinese

马来西亚 马来西亚#Chinese

Short for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō) + 馬來西亞／马来西亚 (Mǎláixīyà) + 泰國／泰国 (Tàiguó): “Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand (typically in names of tours to Southeast Asia)”.


新馬

/ɕin⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

馬來西亞 馬來西亞#Chinese

马来西亚 马来西亚#Chinese

Short for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō) + 馬來西亞／马来西亚 (Mǎláixīyà): “Singapore and Malaysia”.


黃三角

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

Хуансаньцзяо

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇㄦ

хуансаньцзяор

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ saːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

黃河三角洲 黃河三角洲#Chinese

黄河三角洲 黄河三角洲#Chinese

Short for 黃河三角洲／黄河三角洲 (Huánghé Sānjiǎozhōu, “Yellow River Delta”).


史特拉斯堡

ㄕˇ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄚ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː³⁵ tɐk̚² laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

/siː³⁵ tɐk̚² laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/


溪澗

/ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn³³/

/ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn³³/


紀南

/t͡ɕi⁵¹ nän³⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵¹ nän³⁵/

Jinan (the ancient capital of the former State of Chu in modern Hubei, China)


浿水

/pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/puːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/pʰeɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/puːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

(archaic) the Taedong River in modern-day North Korea


福袋

/fu³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/fʊk̚⁵ tɔːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/fu³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/fʊk̚⁵ tɔːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 福袋 (fukubukuro).

fukubukuro (grab bag sold at a substantial discount)


巴布亞

/pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ pou̯³³ aː³³/

/pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ pou̯³³ aː³³/


庇能

/pi⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

/pei̯³³ nɐŋ²¹/

/pi²¹ nɛŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/pi⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

/pei̯³³ nɐŋ²¹/

/pi²¹ nɛŋ⁴⁴⁵/

(historical or Penang Hokkien) Penang (a state of Malaysia)


中日韓

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xän³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hɔːn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ xän³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚² hɔːn²¹/


星馬泰

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ maː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ maː¹³ tʰaːi̯³³/


彌生

/mi³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

/mi³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/mei̯²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弥生 (Yayoi).


點心紙

/tiːm³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/tiːm³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/


漢字文化圈

ㄏㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄩㄢ

ханьцзы вэньхуацюань

/xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ wən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/hɔːn³³ t͡siː²² mɐn²¹ faː³³ hyːn⁵⁵/

/hɔːn³³ t͡siː²² mɐn²¹ faː³³ hyːn⁵⁵/

Chinese character cultural sphere; Sinosphere


歸僑

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯²¹/

Chinese repatriate; returned overseas Chinese


佤邦

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋaː¹³ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋaː¹³ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/


仙貝

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Doublet of 煎餅 /煎饼 (jiānbǐng), via Japanese 煎(せん)餅(べい) (senbei), from Middle Chinese 煎餅 (MC tsjen pjiengX, “jianbing”). Spelled phonetically to avoid confusion with 煎餅／煎饼 (jiānbǐng), a different food.


小河

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/


小河

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

(～鎮) Xiaohe (a town in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

(～鎮) Xiaohe (a town in Xiaochang, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

(～村) Xiaohe (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

(～村) Xiaohe (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)


陡崖

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jaɪ̯³⁵/

/tɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹/

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/

/toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jaɪ̯³⁵/

/tɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːi̯²¹/


奧古斯都

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

/ou̯³³ kuː³⁵ siː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

/o⁵⁵ ku³¹ sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ tu²⁴/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

/ou̯³³ kuː³⁵ siː⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/

/o⁵⁵ ku³¹ sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ tu²⁴/


澳式英語

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


澳式足球

ㄠˋ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

ㄠˋ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/

Australian rules football
Australian rules football


澳大利亞英語

ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ

ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄧㄥ ㄩˇ

Аодалия Инъюй

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


澳洲英語

Аочжоу Инъюй

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


華族

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (華族):
* → Japanese: 華(か)族(ぞく) (kazoku)
* → Korean: 화족(華族) (hwajok)
* → Vietnamese: hoa tộc (華族)

/xu̯ä³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/waː²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/

/xu̯ä³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/waː²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/

ethnic Chinese of Vietnamese nationality


蘇東

/su⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/su⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

蘇東國家／苏东国家

the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries

蘇東劇變／苏东剧变 ― Sūdōng jùbiàn


州府

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴²/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴¹/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴²/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁴¹/

/t͡siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hu⁵³/

(Singapore) Malaysia (a country in Asia)


支那人

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ naː²¹ jɐn²¹/

/t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ na⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ naː²¹ jɐn²¹/

/t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ na⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

(now usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Chinaman (Chinese person)


吉礁

Alternative form of 吉打 (Jídǎ, “Kedah (a state of Malaysia)”)


曾文

/t͡sɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/

/t͡sɤŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/


兩河

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/lœːŋ¹³ hɔː²¹/

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/lœːŋ¹³ hɔː²¹/

the Two Rivers; the rivers Tigris and Euphrates


阿提卡

/ˀä⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀä⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


廖內

/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹/

/liːu̯²² nɔːi̯²²/

/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹/

/liːu̯²² nɔːi̯²²/


牡丹峰

/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 모란봉 (牡丹峰, Moranbong).

(～區) Moranbong-guyok (a district of Pyongyang, North Korea)


洋涇浜

English: Yangjingbang

French: Yangjingbang, Yang-King-Pang

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

延安東路 延安東路#Chinese

延安东路 延安东路#Chinese

Yangjingbang, a former tributary of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, now filled and known as Yan'an East Road (延安東路／延安东路)


強國人

ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/kʰœːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/kʰœːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³ jɐn²¹/

(chiefly Hong Kong, sarcastic) mainlander


印度尼西亞共和國

ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

ㄧㄣˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Иньдунисия Гунхэго

/in⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ ni³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/in⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ ni³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Republic of Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia


大和族

/tä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɔː²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/

/tä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɔː²¹ t͡sʊk̚²/


炊鋪

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² pʰɔ⁴⁴/

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) rectangular steamer basket


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


大鵬

/tä⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² pʰaːŋ²¹/

/tä⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵/

/tä⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² pʰaːŋ²¹/

(～灣) Dapeng Bay (a bay of Donggang, Pingtung County, Taiwan)


環形碼頭

ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄡˊ

Хуаньсин Матоу

/xu̯än³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/waːn²¹ jɪŋ²¹ maː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/xu̯än³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/waːn²¹ jɪŋ²¹ maː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Circular Quay (harbour in Sydney, Australia)


雪梨歌劇院

ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄍㄜ ㄐㄩˋ ㄩㄢˋ

Сюэли Гэцзюйюань

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/

/syːt̚³ lei̯²¹ kɔː⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/

/syːt̚³ lei̯²¹ kɔː⁵⁵ kʰɛːk̚² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

(chiefly Taiwan, dated in Hong Kong) Sydney Opera House


尼華打

ㄋㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄉㄚˇ

/ni³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ni³⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～省) (obsolete) Nevada (a state of the United States)


斐市那

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/

(～埠, ～市) (dated) Fresno (a city in California, United States)


必珠卜

/pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/piːt̚⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ pʊk̚⁵/

/pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/piːt̚⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ pʊk̚⁵/

Borrowed from English Pittsburgh, via Cantonese.

Wu Bo'ao was the Chief of the Pittsburgh branch of the Nationalist Party of China …

Wú Bó'áo wéi Bìzhūbǔ Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng Fēnbù Zhèngbùzhǎng […]

吳伯鰲為必珠卜中國國民黨分部正部長[…]

吴伯鳌为必珠卜中国国民党分部正部长[…]

Pittsburgh was where the king of steel, [Andrew] Carnegie once worked.

1919, 梁啟超《新大陸遊記》

Bìzhūbǔ zhě, gāngtiě dàwáng Kǎnìqí zhī lǎoyíng yě.

必珠卜者，鋼鐵大王卡匿奇之老營也。

1919, 梁啟超《新大陸遊記》

必珠卜者，钢铁大王卡匿奇之老营也。

(obsolete) Pittsburgh (a city in Pennsylvania, United States)


澳洲紙

/ou̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/ou̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

(Cantonese, colloquial) Australian dollar


省港澳

/ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/saːŋ³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ ou̯³³/

/ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/saːŋ³⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵ ou̯³³/

Short for 省城 (shěngchéng) + 香港 (Xiānggǎng) + 澳門／澳门 (Àomén).


尼泊爾聯邦民主共和國

ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄦˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄤ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

nei⁴ bok⁶ ji⁵ lyun⁴ bong¹ man⁴ zyu² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³

nei⁴ pok³ ji⁵ lyun⁴ bong¹ man⁴ zyu² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok³

Ni²-po²-êrh³ Lien²-pang¹ Min²-chu³ Kung⁴-ho²-kuo²

Нибоэр Ляньбан Миньчжу Гунхэго

/ni³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

nèih bohk yíh lyùhn bōng màhn jyú guhng wòh gwok

nèih pok yíh lyùhn bōng màhn jyú guhng wòh gwok

nei⁴ bok⁹ ji⁵ lyn⁴ bong¹ man⁴ dzy² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok⁸

nei⁴ pok⁸ ji⁵ lyn⁴ bong¹ man⁴ dzy² gung⁶ wo⁴ gwok⁸

néi⁴ bog⁶ yi⁵ lün⁴ bong¹ men⁴ ju² gung⁶ wo⁴ guog³

néi⁴ pog³ yi⁵ lün⁴ bong¹ men⁴ ju² gung⁶ wo⁴ guog³

/nei̯²¹ pɔːk̚² jiː¹³ lyːn²¹ pɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

/nei̯²¹ pʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³ lyːn²¹ pɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal


日人

/ʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/jɐt̚² jɐn²¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/jɐt̚² jɐn²¹/

1999, 黃文博 (editor), 《南瀛探索——台南地區發展史》, chapter 8, article 9

Rán shòu Rìrén yòngxīn jīngyíng táiwān zhī cì, zài rìběn zhìlǐ de 50 nián zhī zhōng, wèi táiwān de xiàndàihuà jiànlì le zhòngyào de jīchǔ.

然受日人用心經營臺灣之賜，在日本治理的50年之中，為臺灣的現代化建立了重要的基礎。

然受日人用心经营台湾之赐，在日本治理的50年之中，为台湾的现代化建立了重要的基础。

Even if it were so, the great massacre committed by the Japanese to the Taiwanese people was truly a huge debt of blood that cannot be forgotten.

Jíshǐ rúcǐ, Rìrén duì wǒ Táibāo de dà túshā, shízài shì bùnéng wàng de xuèhǎishēnchóu.

即使如此，日人對我臺胞的大屠殺，實在是不能忘的血海深仇。

即使如此，日人对我台胞的大屠杀，实在是不能忘的血海深仇。

In expounding the political meaning of I Ching, the Tokugawa Japanese changed China's political ideology to accommodate to Japanese politics and conditions.

2009, 吳偉明 (Benjamin Wai-ming Ng), 《易學對德川日本的影響》 (The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture), page 153

Zài yǎnshì “Yìjīng” de zhèngzhì yìyì shí, Déchuān Rìrén gǎibiàn zhōngguó zhèngzhì lǐniàn qù qiānjiù rìběn de zhèngzhì yǔ guóqíng.

在衍釋《易經》的政治意義時，德川日人改變中國政治理念去遷就日本的政治與國情。

在衍释《易经》的政治意义时，德川日人改变中国政治理念去迁就日本的政治与国情。


北亞

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ aː³³/

/pøyʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ a³³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a³³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ aː³³/

/pøyʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ a³³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a³³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/


大溫

/tä⁵¹ wən⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐn⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ wən⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐn⁵⁵/

大溫哥華 大溫哥華#Chinese

大温哥华 大温哥华#Chinese

(～地區) Short for 大溫哥華／大温哥华 (Dà Wēngēhuá, “Greater Vancouver”).


辱華

/ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ʐu⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/jʊk̚² waː²¹/

/ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/ʐu⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/

/jʊk̚² waː²¹/


布村

/pu⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

/pu⁵¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/

(neologism, Australia, slang) Brisbane (a city, the state capital of Queensland, Australia)


西朝鮮

/ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

China is at the West of North Korea, and is alleged to be increasingly authoritarian.

(neologism, Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic) China

similar view mocking ultranationalism in Vietnam


紐遮士

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

(obsolete) New Jersey (a state of the United States)


雲高華

/yn³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/yn³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ waː²¹/

(～埠) (obsolete) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


掘地孖罅

ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ti⁵¹ mä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/kʷɐt̚² tei̯²² maː⁵⁵ laː³³/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ti⁵¹ mä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/kʷɐt̚² tei̯²² maː⁵⁵ laː³³/

(obsolete) Guatemala (a country in Central America)


白石凹

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² sɛːk̚² aːu̯³³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² sɛːk̚² aːu̯³³/

Pak Shek Au (an area in North District, New Territories, Hong Kong)


鳥修威

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/niːu̯¹³ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

/ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/niːu̯¹³ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 10:

Huárén zhī wǎng Àozhōu zhě, qí mùdedì shuài zài Niǎoxiūwēi. Yǐ qiānjīn zhī shuì bùyì nà yě, gù yóu dūnwèi yǐ guò Yùduōlì huò Kūnshìlán, ránhòu fù yóu bǐ liǎng shěng jiān dào yǐ qián rù Niǎoxiūwēi jìng, wèi zhī tōu guòjiè.

華人之往澳洲者，其目的地率在鳥修威。以千金之稅不易納也，故由噸位以過域多利或坤士蘭，然後復由彼兩省間道以潛入鳥修威境，謂之偷過界。

华人之往澳洲者，其目的地率在鸟修威。以千金之税不易纳也，故由吨位以过域多利或坤士兰，然后复由彼两省间道以潜入鸟修威境，谓之偷过界。

(obsolete) New South Wales (a state of Australia)


翰林院

→ Vietnamese: viện hàn lâm (calque)

ㄏㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢˋ

Ханьлиньюань

/xän⁵¹ lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/

/hɔːn²² lɐm²¹ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

/xän⁵¹ lin³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/

/hɔːn²² lɐm²¹ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/


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)


普扶

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/

/pʰou̯³⁵ fuː²¹/

/pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/

/pʰou̯³⁵ fuː²¹/

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

Perth Western Australian Kuomintang branch

西澳普扶埠囻民党分部

西澳普扶埠国民党分部

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

(～埠) (obsolete) Perth (a city in Western Australia, Australia)


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


菊花王朝

ㄐㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄠˊ

Цзюйхуа Ванчао

/t͡ɕy³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕy³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Chrysanthemum Throne
Chrysanthemum Throne


泰米爾納德

ㄊㄞˋ ㄇㄧˇ ㄦˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄉㄜˊ

Таймиэр Надэ

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ mɐi̯¹³ jiː¹³ naːp̚² tɐk̚⁵/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ mɐi̯¹³ jiː¹³ naːp̚² tɐk̚⁵/

(～邦) (chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) Tamil Nadu (a state of India)


古吉拉特

ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄚ ㄊㄜˋ

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ lä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/kuː³⁵ kɐt̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ lä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/kuː³⁵ kɐt̚⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚²/


額爾齊斯

/ˀɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/ŋaːk̚² jiː¹³ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/

/ˀɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/ŋaːk̚² jiː¹³ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/

Qing-era Mandarin transcription of Manchu ᡝᡵᠴᡳᠰ (Ercis), from Written Oirat ᡄᠷᡔᡅᠰ (Ercis), from Kipchak [Term?].

(～河) Irtysh (a river in Russia, China and Kazakhstan)


蛋塔

/tän⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tän⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


日本仔

/jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/d͡zit̚⁴⁻³ pun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ a⁴⁴⁵/

/lit̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/d͡zit̚⁴⁻³ pun⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ a⁴⁴⁵/

/lit̚²⁴⁻² pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

You absolutely would not have thought that the Japanese would invade Malaya

完全你冇想日本仔打到馬來亞

完全你冇想日本仔打到马来亚

(Malaysian and Philippine Hokkien, ethnic slur in Cantonese and dialectal Hakka) Japanese person; Jap


弘仁

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 弘仁 (Kōnin).

obor

Kōnin (era) of Japanese history (from September 810 through January 824)


艾依河

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² jiː⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ i⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² jiː⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

艾依 is short for 艾依莎 (“Aisha”), one of Muhammad's wives. Renamed to 典農河／典农河 (Diǎnnóng Hé) in September 2018.

zh-l

典農河／典农河 (Diǎnnóng Hé)

Old name for 典農河／典农河 (Diǎnnóng Hé, “Diannong River”).


典農河

ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tiːn³⁵ nʊŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tiːn³⁵ nʊŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

典農／典农 was the name of a nearby settlement during the Western Han dynasty. Renamed from the Islam-flavoured name 艾依河 (Àiyī Hé) in September 2018.

艾依河 (Àiyī Hé)

Diannong River (a river in Gansu, China)


灘塗

/tʰän⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/

/tʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

/tʰũã³³⁻²³ tʰou⁵⁵/

/tʰän⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵/

/tʰaːn⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

/tʰũã³³⁻²³ tʰou⁵⁵/


大多倫多

ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄛ

/tä⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ tɔː⁵⁵/

Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area


大溫哥華

ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄣ ㄍㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

Да Вэньгэхуа

/tä⁵¹ wən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹/

/tä⁵¹ wən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹/


澳洲首都特區

ㄠˋ ㄓㄡ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨ ㄊㄜˋ ㄑㄩ

Аочжоу Шоуду Тэцюй

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory


澳大利亞首都特別行政區

ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨ ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ

ㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨ ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ

Ao⁴-ta⁴-li⁴-ya⁴ Shou³-tu¹ Tʻê⁴-pieh² Hsing²-chêng⁴-chʻü¹

Àu-dà-lì-yà Shǒu-dū Tè-byé Syíng-jèng-chyū

Awdahlihyah Shooudu Tehbye Shyngjenqchiu

Аодалия Шоуду Тэбе Синчжэнцюй

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

Àodàlìyǎ Shǒudū Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū [Phonetic:àodàlìyáshǒudūtèbiéxíngzhèngqū]

Ao⁴-ta⁴-li⁴-ya³ Shou³-tu¹ Tʻê⁴-pieh² Hsing²-chêng⁴-chʻü¹

Àu-dà-lì-yǎ Shǒu-dū Tè-byé Syíng-jèng-chyū

Awdahlihyea Shooudu Tehbye Shyngjenqchiu

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/


達令港

ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄤˇ

/tä³⁵ liŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä³⁵ liŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


十月革命

ㄕˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/sɐp̚² jyːt̚² kaːk̚³ mɪŋ²²/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/sɐp̚² jyːt̚² kaːk̚³ mɪŋ²²/


溪溝

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) mountain stream


香隧

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

(Hong Kong) Short for 香港仔隧道 (Xiānggǎngzǎi Suìdào, “Aberdeen Tunnel”).


獅隧

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/siː⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/siː⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

(Hong Kong) Short for 獅子山隧道／狮子山隧道 (Shīzǐshān Suìdào, “Lion Rock Tunnel”).


西隧

/ɕi⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

/ɕi⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

(Hong Kong) Short for 西區海底隧道／西区海底隧道 (Xīqū Hǎidǐ Suìdào, “Western Harbour Crossing”); WHC


東隧

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯²²/

(Hong Kong) Short for 東區海底隧道／东区海底隧道 (Dōngqū Hǎidǐ Suìdào, “Eastern Harbour Crossing”); EHC


紅隧

/xʊŋ³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯²²/

/xʊŋ³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯²²/

(Hong Kong) Short for 紅磡海底隧道／红磡海底隧道 (Hóngkàn Hǎidǐ Suìdào, “Cross-Harbour Tunnel”); CHT


米字旗

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː²² kʰei̯²¹/

/mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/mɐi̯¹³ t͡siː²² kʰei̯²¹/

Apparently from the flag's resemblance of the Chinese character 米 (mǐ).

At the last minute on 30 June 1997, the Union Jack is lowered in Hong Kong for its last time, and the one-and-a-half century British rule in Hong Kong ends.

1997 July 1, 周婷 (Zhou Ting), 杨兴 (Yang Xing) [pseudonym; 周树春 (Zhou Shuchun), 杨国强 (Yang Guoqiang), 徐兴堂 (Xu Xingtang), 胥晓婷 (Xu Xiaoting)], 《别了，不列颠尼亚》 [Farewell, Britannia]

Zài 1997 nián 6 yuè 30 rì de zuìhòu yī fēnzhōng, Mǐzìqí zài Xiānggǎng zuìhòu yīcì jiàngxià, Yīngguó duì Xiānggǎng chángdá yīgebàn shìjì de tǒngzhì xuāngào zhōngjié.

在1997年6月30日的最後一分鐘，米字旗在香港最後一次降下，英國對香港長達一個半世紀的統治宣告終結。

在1997年6月30日的最后一分钟，米字旗在香港最后一次降下，英国对香港长达一个半世纪的统治宣告终结。


錢塘江

ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ

Цяньтан Цзян

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


山竹牛肉

ㄕㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ

шаньчжу нюжоу

/ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

/saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jʊk̚²/

/ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

/saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jʊk̚²/

steamed beef ball (a popular dim sum dish)


澳航

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑŋ³⁵/

/ou̯³³ hɔːŋ²¹/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑŋ³⁵/

/ou̯³³ hɔːŋ²¹/

澳洲航空 澳洲航空#Chinese

Short for 澳洲航空 (Àozhōu Hángkōng, “Qantas”).


澳洲航空

ㄠˋ ㄓㄡ ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ

Аочжоу Ханкун

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ou̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ou̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/


後海

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Houhai (a lake and its surrounding neighborhood in central Beijing, China)


裕廊湖

/y⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/

/y⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/


鳳凰山

/fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/hoŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

/hoŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

/fɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/fʊŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/hoŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

/hoŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

Lantau Peak (a peak on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


三民主義

ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

саньминь чжуи

/sän⁵⁵ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/saːm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/

/sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/

/sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/

/sän⁵⁵ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/saːm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/

/sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/

/sam⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/

Three Principles of the People
Three Principles of the People

(historical) Three Principles of the People (political doctrine of Sun Yat-sen)


葡萄牙共和國

ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄠˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Путаоя Гунхэго

/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ jä³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ jä³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/


小布什

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

George W. Bush, 43ʳᵈ president of the United States


老布什

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

George H. W. Bush, 41ˢᵗ president of the United States


日料

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

日本料理 日本料理#Chinese

Short for 日本料理 (Rìběn liàolǐ, “Japanese food; Japanese cuisine”).


山磡

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam¹¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam¹¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) cliff


埴輪

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埴輪 (haniwa).


三哥

/sän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/saːm⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

/sän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/saːm⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

(neologism, slang) Indian male; Indian people; India


足輕

/t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 足軽 (ashigaru).

(historical) ashigaru (type of foot soldier in feudal Japan)


馬國

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/maː¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/maː¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/

I'll sing high pitch for you, Even Ms. Jem from HK sighed and Ms Shila MAS apologized to me

2014, 黃明志 [Namewee] (lyrics and music), 飆高音 [High Pitched], performed by 黃明志 [Namewee]

yīnwèi nǐ wǒ biāo gāoyīn, jiù lián Xiānggǎng Āqí dōu wèi wǒ tànxī, jiù lián Mǎguó Xiǎoxī dōu duì wǒ Say Sorry

因為你我飆高音 就連香港阿棋都為我嘆息 就連馬國小茜都對我Say Sorry

因为你我飙高音 就连香港阿棋都为我叹息 就连马国小茜都对我Say Sorry

馬來西亞 馬來西亞#Chinese

马来西亚 马来西亚#Chinese

(chiefly outside Malaysia and Singapore) Short for 馬來西亞／马来西亚 (Mǎláixīyà, “Malaysia”).

馬達加斯加 馬達加斯加#Chinese

马达加斯加 马达加斯加#Chinese

Short for 馬達加斯加／马达加斯加 (Mǎdájiāsījiā, “Madagascar”).


紅水河

ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄜˊ

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː²¹/

Hongshui River (a river in Guangxi, China)


弗羅里達

ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄚˊ

/fu³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵/

/fɐt̚⁵ lɔː²¹ lei̯¹³ taːt̚²/

/fu³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵/

/fɐt̚⁵ lɔː²¹ lei̯¹³ taːt̚²/

(～州) (Taiwan) Florida (a state of the United States)


馬利蘭

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ län³⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ län³⁵/

(～州) (Hong Kong) Maryland (a state of the United States)


德薩斯

/tɤ³⁵ sä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵/

/tɤ³⁵ sä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/tɐk̚⁵ saːt̚³ siː⁵⁵/

(～州) (Hong Kong) Texas (a state of the United States)


紐修威

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯¹³ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

(uncommon) New South Wales (a state of Australia)


田灣

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

Tin Wan (a place at the south of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)


尾利畔

/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/

/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/

Borrowed from English Melbourne via a Southern variety of Chinese.

San Kwong On (New York); San Kwong Hing (Sydney); Kwong Man Sang (Vancouver); Sing Lei Lung (Melbourne)

Niǔyuē Xīnguǎng'ān, Xuělí Xīnguǎngxīng, Yúngēhuá Guǎngwànshēng, Wěilìpàn Shènglìlóng

紐約新廣安、雪梨新廣興、雲哥華廣萬生、尾利畔勝利隆

纽约新广安、雪梨新广兴、云哥华广万生、尾利畔胜利隆

1953, 中國之聲 [China's Voice], volume 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=PeXPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%E5%B0%BE%E5%88%A9%E7%95%94%22

Yīngdìguó cānmóucháng qiányuè zài Wěilìpàn huìyì, yǔ měiguó fùzǒngtǒng Níkèxùn-shì zhī yóu'ào, shì fǎn-gòng fáng-ào yīzhǒng jījí de biǎoshì.

英帝國參謀長前月在尾利畔會議，與美國副總統尼克遜氏之遊澳，是反共防澳一種積極的表示。

英帝国参谋长前月在尾利畔会议，与美国副总统尼克逊氏之游澳，是反共防澳一种积极的表示。

(～埠) (obsolete) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)


潛窪地

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ wä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ wä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/


庇釐士彬

ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄣ

/pi⁵¹ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pin⁵⁵/

/pei̯³³ lei̯²¹ siː²² pɐn⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pin⁵⁵/

/pei̯³³ lei̯²¹ siː²² pɐn⁵⁵/

Borrowed from English Brisbane, via Cantonese.

(obsolete) Brisbane (a city, the state capital of Queensland, Australia)


山多寫

/ʂän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːn⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ sɛː³⁵/

/san³³ ᵘɔ³³ ɬiɛ⁵⁵/

/ʂän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːn⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ sɛː³⁵/

/san³³ ᵘɔ³³ ɬiɛ⁵⁵/

(～埠) Alternative form of 山多些 (Shānduōxiē): (obsolete) San Jose (a city in California, United States)


山藩市

/ʂän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/ʂän⁵⁵ fän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/ʂän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/ʂän⁵⁵ fän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Then, 17 years before the Minguo era, he went to San Francisco, United States. He conducted business by day, and he studied the Western language by night. At this time, he was only 12 years of age.

1912 September 11, 中國大飛行家馮如君行狀, in Shun Pao (《申報》)

suì yú Mínguó jìyuán qián shíqī nián fù Měiguó Shānfānshì rì zuò yíngshēng yè xí Xīwén shìshí nián jǐn shí'èr

遂於民國紀元前十七年赴美國山藩市日作營生夜習西文是時年僅十二

遂于民国纪元前十七年赴美国山藩市日作营生夜习西文是时年仅十二

Our bank is located at the junction of Market Street and Grant Avenue of San Francisco.

1913, International Chinese Business Directory of the World for the Year 1913 (《萬國寄信便覽》), page 94

本銀行設在山藩市之瑪杰.^街即夾固連亞運由

本银行设在山藩市之玛杰.^街即夹固连亚运由

Song Zongfang, a Chinese, has arrived in town from Switzerland yesterday. He is residing in the San Francisco Grand Hotel and plans to return to his country by ship in twelve days.

1916 August 14, 中國記者之時局談, in The Chinese Times (《大漢公報》), page 3

Zhōngguórén Sòng Zōngfāng zuó yóu Ruìshìguó dǐ běnbù yùjū Shānfānshì Dà lǚguǎn nǐ yú shí'èr rì fù chuán guīguó.

中國人宋宗芳昨由瑞士國抵本埠寓居山藩市大旅舘擬於十二日附船歸國。

中国人宋宗芳昨由瑞士国抵本埠寓居山藩市大旅馆拟于十二日附船归国。

(～埠) (obsolete) Alternative form of 三藩市 (Sānfānshì, “San Francisco (a city in California, United States)”)


伏龍芝

/fu³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/fu³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
w:Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

(～城) (historical) Frunze (the capital city of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic; modern Bishkek)


巴國

/pä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

/pä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/

(historical) Ba (an ancient state in eastern Sichuan, China)

巴基斯坦 巴基斯坦#Chinese


山多些

/ʂän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/saːn⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ sɛː⁵⁵/

/san³³ ᵘɔ³³ ɬiɛ³³/

/ʂän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/

/saːn⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ sɛː⁵⁵/

/san³³ ᵘɔ³³ ɬiɛ³³/

1904, 約翰大衛德 [David D. Jones], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 36:

^山多寫^考活.^摩^律師

^山多写^考活.^摩^律师

(～埠) (obsolete) San Jose (a city in California, United States)


卑彌呼

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (卑彌呼):
* → Japanese: 卑弥呼(ひみこ) (Himiko)

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵ xu⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ mi³⁵ xu⁵⁵/

First attested in Records of the Three Kingdoms. vol. 30 (translation adapted from Tsunoda , 1951):
*
Possibly pronounced *pie mie hɑ in Eastern Han Chinese (in Schuessler (2009)'s reconstructions).
Tsunoda (1951) proposes that this is borrowed from Old Japanese 姬子 (Pi₁me₁ko₁, literally “princess child”).
For other alternative proposals see relevant Wikipedia article.

bor

The country formerly had a man as ruler. For some seventy or eighty years after that there were disturbances and warfare. Thereupon the people agreed upon a woman for their ruler. Her name was Himiko. ….

Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3ʳᵈ century CE

Qí guó běn yì yǐ nánzǐ wèi wáng, zhù qī bāshí nián, Wōguó luàn, xiàng gōngfá lìnián, nǎi gòng lì yī nǚzǐ wèi wáng, míng yuē Bēimíhū,.......

其國本亦以男子為王，住七八十年，倭國亂，相攻伐歷年，乃共立一女子為王，名曰卑彌呼，……。

其国本亦以男子为王，住七八十年，倭国乱，相攻伐历年，乃共立一女子为王，名曰卑弥呼，……。

(historical) Himiko, a semi-legendary queen of Yamatai in ancient Japan

Eastern Han Chinese
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Ryūsaku Tsunoda


錦江

/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

The spring colors of Brocade River come to Earth and Heaven,
drifting clouds over Jade Fort Mountain transform through present and past.

764, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 登樓 (Climbing an Upper Storey); translation by Stephen Owen

Jǐnjiāng chūnsè lái tiāndì, yùlěi fúyún biàn gǔjīn.

錦江春色來天地，玉壘浮雲變古今。

锦江春色来天地，玉垒浮云变古今。

Jin River (a river in Chengdu, Sichuan, China)


泰式

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tʰaːi̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/tʰaːi̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

泰式奶茶


曲江

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kʰʊk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kʰʊk̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Qu River (a tributary of the Nanpan River in Yunnan, China)


籠屜

/lʊŋ³⁵ tʰi⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐi̯³³/

/lʊŋ³⁵ tʰi⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ tʰɐi̯³³/

food steamer; bamboo or wooden utensil for steaming food


莫桑比克人民共和國

ㄇㄛˋ ㄙㄤ ㄅㄧˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Мосанбикэ Жэньминьгунхэго

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ sɑŋ⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

People's Republic of Mozambique
People's Republic of Mozambique

(historical) People's Republic of Mozambique


安哥拉人民共和國

ㄢ ㄍㄜ ㄌㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Аньгэла Жэньминь Гунхэго

/ˀän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

People's Republic of Angola
People's Republic of Angola

(historical) People's Republic of Angola


剛果人民共和國

ㄍㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Ганго Жэньминьгунхэго

/kɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ min³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

People's Republic of the Congo
People's Republic of the Congo

(historical) People's Republic of the Congo


六堆

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/lʊk̚² tɵy̯⁵⁵/

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/lʊk̚² tɵy̯⁵⁵/

From the six units of civil troops organized to defend the settlement: 右堆, 左堆, 前堆, 後堆／后堆, 中堆, and 先鋒堆／先锋堆.

Liudui (a group of Hakka villages in Pingtung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan)


天可汗

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ xän³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵ hɔːn²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ xän³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵ hɔːn²¹/


北港

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁴¹/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁵³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁴¹/


大灣區

/tä⁵¹ wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² waːn⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³ ʋan⁴⁴ kʰi⁴⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰu⁴⁴/

/tua¹¹ uaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰu³³/

/da²² ue⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹/

/tä⁵¹ wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² waːn⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³ ʋan⁴⁴ kʰi⁴⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ uan⁴⁴⁻²² kʰu⁴⁴/

/tua¹¹ uaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰu³³/

/da²² ue⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹/


內湖

→ English: Neihu

/neɪ̯⁵¹ xu³⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² wuː²¹/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ ɔ²³/

/neɪ̯⁵¹ xu³⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² wuː²¹/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ ɔ²³/

(～省) Laguna (a province of the Philippines)


紐瓦克

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄚˇ ㄎㄜˋ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ŋaː¹³ hɐk̚⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ŋaː¹³ hɐk̚⁵/

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Newark (a city in New Jersey, United States)


令和

/liŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/lɪŋ²² wɔː²¹/

/l̃iŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋuo⁵³/

/liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/

/liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/

/liŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/lɪŋ²² wɔː²¹/

/l̃iŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ŋuo⁵³/

/liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/

/liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/

/liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/

From Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 令和 (Reiwa).


交拉吧

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² la²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

/ka³³⁻²³ la³³⁻²³ pa³³/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² la²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/

/ka³³⁻²³ la³³⁻²³ pa³³/

From Sunda Kelapa, the old port of Jakarta. Ultimately from Malay kelapa (“coconut”).

Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies#English

(Hokkien, obsolete) Batavia (the capital city of the Dutch East Indies); modern Jakarta


大武壠族

ㄉㄚˋ ㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨˊ

/tä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/tä⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡su³⁵/


北馬其頓

ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Бэй Мацидунь

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/pɐk̚⁵ maː¹³ kʰei̯²¹ tɵn²²/

/poʔ⁴⁴ ma²² d͡ʑi⁵⁵ dən²¹/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/pɐk̚⁵ maː¹³ kʰei̯²¹ tɵn²²/

/poʔ⁴⁴ ma²² d͡ʑi⁵⁵ dən²¹/

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Glyph decomposition of ww, initialism of 灣灣／湾湾 (Wānwān).

zh-l

灣灣／湾湾 (Wānwān)

(Internet slang, neologism, Mainland China, often derogatory) Taiwan


刻赤海峽

ㄎㄜˋ ㄔˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

/kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/


暗灘

/ˀän⁵¹ tʰän⁵⁵/

/ɐm³³ tʰaːn⁵⁵/

/ˀän⁵¹ tʰän⁵⁵/

/ɐm³³ tʰaːn⁵⁵/


雅美族

/jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

/jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/


萬丹

/wän⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/

/wän⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/


丹麥人

/tän⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/taːn⁵⁵ mɐk̚² jɐn²¹/

/te⁵⁵ maʔ³³ n̠ʲin²¹/

/tän⁵⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/taːn⁵⁵ mɐk̚² jɐn²¹/

/te⁵⁵ maʔ³³ n̠ʲin²¹/


漣水

/li̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/liːn²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

/li̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/liːn²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/


山窿

/saːn⁵⁵ lʊŋ⁵⁵/

/san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lʊŋ¹¹/

/saːn⁵⁵ lʊŋ⁵⁵/

/san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ lʊŋ¹¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Liuzhou Mandarin) cave; cavern; grotto (on a cave)


銅鑼燒

ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄠ

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 銅鑼焼き (dorayaki).


淦水

/kän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐm³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/kän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐm³³ sɵy̯³⁵/


老廣

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lou̯¹³ kʷɔːŋ³⁵/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lou̯¹³ kʷɔːŋ³⁵/


塔州

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰaːp̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/tʰaːp̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Short for 塔斯馬尼亞州／塔斯马尼亚州 (Tǎsīmǎníyà zhōu, “Tasmania (a state of Australia)”).


國會山

ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄢ

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/kʷɔːk̚³ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/kʷɔːk̚³ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Capitol Hill (a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States)


日王

/ʐ̩⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

(non-honorific) mikado (emperor of Japan)


阿速坡

/ˀä⁵⁵ su⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/ˀä⁵⁵ su⁵¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/


中華文化圈

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄩㄢ

Чжунхуа вэньхуацюань

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ wən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/


占碑

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/


占美加

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

(dated) Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


海峽殖民地

ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄓˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ

Хайся Чжиминьди

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ min³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ min³⁵ ti⁵¹/

Straits Settlements (former British territories)


愛國歌

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/

/ɔːi̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³ kɔː⁵⁵/

/ai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kua³³/

/ai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kua⁴⁴/

/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ kɤɻ⁵⁵/

/ɔːi̯³³ kʷɔːk̚³ kɔː⁵⁵/

/ai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kua³³/

/ai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kua⁴⁴/

/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kua⁴⁴/

Aegukka, the North Korean national anthem.

Aegukga, the South Korean national anthem.


多朗度

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

(obsolete) Toronto (a city, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada)


巴梳

/paː⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/

(dated) El Paso (a city in Texas, United States)


卡技利

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ kei̯²² lei̯²²/

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/kʰaː⁵⁵ kei̯²² lei̯²²/

(dated) Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


下加省

ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄥˇ

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haː²² kaː⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haː²² kaː⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/

(dated) Baja California (a state of Mexico)


點問頓

ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Дяньвэньдунь

/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/tiːm³⁵ mɐn²² tɵn²²/

/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/tiːm³⁵ mɐn²² tɵn²²/

(dated or Taishanese) Edmonton (a city, the provincial capital of Alberta, Canada)


坎問頓

ㄎㄢˇ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

Каньвэньдунь

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

(dated) Hamilton (a city in Ontario, Canada)


飛枝

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

"Fiji Overseas Chinese Primary School" (now known as Yat Sen School)

飛枝華僑小學

飞枝华侨小学


柯度和

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ tu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/ɔː⁵⁵ tou̯²² wɔː²¹/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ tu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/ɔː⁵⁵ tou̯²² wɔː²¹/

Borrowed from English Ottawa, via Cantonese.

(obsolete) Ottawa (a city, the capital city of Canada)


杜朗度

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ¹³ tou̯²²/


杜郎度

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²²/

/tu⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/tou̯²² lɔːŋ²¹ tou̯²²/


下加州

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/haː²² kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/haː²² kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/


加省

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kaː⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kaː⁵⁵ saːŋ³⁵/

(dated) California (a state of the United States)


葛打李架

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/kɔːt̚³ taː³⁵ lei̯¹³ kaː³³/

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/kɔːt̚³ taː³⁵ lei̯¹³ kaː³³/

(～國) (dated) Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


官塘

→ English: Kwun Tong

/ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/ku̯än⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/

/kuːn⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Alternative form of 觀塘 /观塘 (gun1 tong4, “Kwun Tong (a place in Hong Kong)”)


順諾拿

ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄚˊ

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ nä³⁵/

/sɵn²² nɔːk̚² naː²¹/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ nä³⁵/

/sɵn²² nɔːk̚² naː²¹/


順拿臘

ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ nä³⁵ lä⁵¹/

/sɵn²² naː²¹ laːp̚²/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ nä³⁵ lä⁵¹/

/sɵn²² naː²¹ laːp̚²/


索諾拉

ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄚ

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/

/sɔːk̚³ nɔːk̚² laːi̯⁵⁵/

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu̯ɔ⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/

/sɔːk̚³ nɔːk̚² laːi̯⁵⁵/


紐阿連

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ɔː⁵⁵ liːn²¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ɔː⁵⁵ liːn²¹/

(dated) New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)


千里達和多巴哥

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄜ

Цяньлида хэ Добагэ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵ xɤ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ taːt̚² wɔː²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

(chiefly Hong Kong, Macau) Trinidad and Tobago


千里達及多巴哥

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄜ

Цяньлида цзи Добагэ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ taːt̚² kʰɐp̚² tɔː⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/


芝加高

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

(dated) Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)


曉士頓

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/hiːu̯³⁵ siː²² tɵn²²/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/

/hiːu̯³⁵ siː²² tɵn²²/

(uncommon or local) Houston (a large city in Texas, United States)


溫地辟

/wən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹/

/wən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹/

From English Winnipeg, probably via Taishanese.

(dated) (～市, ～埠) Winnipeg (a city, the provincial capital of Manitoba, Canada)


斐匿

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵¹/

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵¹/

(dated) Phoenix (a city, the state capital of Arizona, United States)


夭他

/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/

/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/

(obsolete) (～省) Utah (a state of the United States)


大角咀

ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

/tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² kɔːk̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² kɔːk̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Tai Kok Tsui (urban area in Kowloon, Hong Kong)


河曲

/xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/hɔː²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/

/xɤ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/hɔː²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵/

(～縣) Hequ (a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China)


桂河

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³³ hɔː²¹/

/ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³³ hɔː²¹/

Khwae Yai River, River Kwai (a river in Thailand)


萬泉河

ㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/maːn¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

/wän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/maːn¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Wanquan River (a river in Hainan, China)

Wanquan River (a river in Beijing, China)


邕江

/jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Yong River (river in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China)


吳淞江

/u³⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦu²² soŋ⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

/u³⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦu²² soŋ⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/


拉薩河

/lä⁵⁵ sä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/laːi̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ hɔː²¹/

/lä⁵⁵ sä⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/laːi̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ hɔː²¹/

Lhasa River (a river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


蘇州河

/su⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

/su⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³³ ɦu²¹/

/su⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

/su⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³³ ɦu²¹/

Calque of English Soochow Creek, the name given by foreigners as the Wusong River connected Shanghai and Suzhou. The name 蘇州河 is predominantly used in Shanghai.

Wusong River; Suzhou Creek (river in China)


海脣

/hoi²⁴⁻³³ ʃun⁵⁵/

/hoi²⁴⁻³³ ʃun⁵⁵/


山峽

/ʂän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/ʂän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/


華民

/waː²¹ mɐn²¹/

/waː²¹ mɐn²¹/


昂船洲

/ˀɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋɔːŋ¹³ syːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ˀɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋɔːŋ¹³ syːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Stonecutters Island (a former island in Kowloon, Hong Kong)


達布遜

ㄉㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

/tä³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

/tä³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

From Mongolian ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ (dabusun, “salt”), in reference to its salinity.

(～湖, ～鹽湖) Dabusun Lake, part of the Qarhan Playa in the Qaidam Basin, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China


察爾汗

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːt̚³ jiː¹³ hɔːn²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xän⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːt̚³ jiː¹³ hɔːn²²/

(～湖, ～鹽湖) Qarhan Playa in the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province, China.

行政委員會 行政委員會#Chinese

(～行政委員會) Qarhan, a region of Golmud in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, China.


西達布遜

ㄒㄧ ㄉㄚˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

/ɕi⁵⁵ tä³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ tä³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

From its position west of 達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn), from Mongolian ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ (dabusun, “salt”), in reference to its salinity.

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達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn)

(～湖, ～鹽湖, ～鹽池) West Dabusun Lake, part of the Qarhan Playa in the Qaidam Basin, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China


澀聶

/sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/

/sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/

(～湖, ～鹽湖, ～鹽池) Suli or Senie (a lake in the Qarhan Playa in Qinghai, China)


大別勒

ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄜˋ

/tä⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/tä⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

(～湖, ～灘, ～盐湖, ～盐池) Dabiele Lake in Qinghai, China.


別勒

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

(～灘) Synonym of 大別勒 /大别勒 (Dàbiélè): Dabiele Lake.


東陵

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

(～湖, ～鹽湖, ～鹽池) Dongling Lake in the Qarhan Playa, Qinghai, China


北霍布遜

ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

A less apt modification of 北霍魯遜／北霍鲁逊 (Běihuòlǔxùn), from 北 (běi), translating Mongolian ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ (qoyidu, “north”), and a phonetic transcription of Mongolian ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠰᠤᠨ (qulusun, “reed”), from their former presence in the area. The modification is presumably under the influence of the larger nearby 達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn), whose name transcribed a separate Mongolian name.

北霍魯遜／北霍鲁逊 (Běihuòlǔxùn)

達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn)

(～湖, ～鹽湖, ～鹽池) North Hulsan Lake in the Qarhan Playa, Qinghai, Tibet


南霍布遜

ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

Наньхобусюнь

/nän³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

/nän³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕyn⁵¹/

A less apt modification of 南霍魯遜／南霍鲁逊 (Nánhuòlǔxùn), from 南 (nán), translating Mongolian ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡ (emün-e, “south”), and a phonetic transcription of Mongolian ᠬᠤᠯᠤᠰᠤᠨ (qulusun, “reed”), from their former presence in the area. The modification is presumably under the influence of the larger nearby 達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn), whose name transcribed a separate Mongolian name.

南霍魯遜／南霍鲁逊 (Nánhuòlǔxùn)

達布遜／达布逊 (Dábùxùn)

(～湖, ～鹽湖, ～鹽池) South Hulsan Lake in the Qarhan Playa, Qinghai, Tibet


小別勒

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄜˋ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

(～湖, ～灘, ～盐湖, ～盐池) Xiaobiele Lake in Qinghai, China.


喀爾喀

/kʰä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰä⁵⁵/

/kʰä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰä⁵⁵/

Transliteration of Manchu ᡴᠠᠯᡴᠠ (kalka), from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠯᠬᠠ (qalk-a).

喀爾喀蒙古

喀尔喀蒙古

(historical) (～部) Khalkha (Mongolian tribe)


茂明安

/mɑʊ̯⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/

/mɑʊ̯⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/

Transliteration of Manchu ᠮᠣᠣ
ᠮᡳᠩᡤᠠᠨ (moo minggan) or ᠮᠣᠣᠮᡳᠩᡤᠠᠨ (moominggan), from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠤᠤ
ᠮᠢᠩᠭᠠᠨ (muu mingɣan).

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(～部) (historical) Muumyangan (Mongolian tribe)


乾鹽湖

/kän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/

/kän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/


紅水

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


河嶽

/hɔː²¹ ŋɔːk̚²/

/hɔː²¹ ŋɔːk̚²/


朝鮮服

ㄔㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/

/t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/


日貨

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/jɐt̚² fɔː³³/

/lit̚⁴⁻³² he¹¹/

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/jɐt̚² fɔː³³/

/lit̚⁴⁻³² he¹¹/

抵制日貨

抵制日货


海灣戰爭

ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Хайвань Чжаньчжэн

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


南灣

/nän³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

/nän³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ waːn⁵⁵⁻²¹/

/nän³⁵ wän⁵⁵/


山角

/ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːn⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːn⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/


特楞古特

ㄊㄜˊ ㄌㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄜˋ

/tʰɤ³⁵ lɤŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/tʰɤ³⁵ lɤŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Manchu ᡨᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡠᡨ (telenggut).

(collective, historical) Telengits (people)


國貿

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/kʷɔːk̚³ mɐu̯²²/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/kʷɔːk̚³ mɐu̯²²/

Guomao (area in Beijing at the center of the Beijing central business district)


餘糧徵集制

ㄩˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄥ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓˋ

юйлян чжэнцзичжи

/y³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/y³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/


湖澤

/xu³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/

/xu³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/


內河

/neɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² hɔː²¹/

/lai²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/

/lai⁴¹⁻²² ho²⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/

/neɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/nɔːi̯²² hɔː²¹/

/lai²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/

/lai⁴¹⁻²² ho²⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/

They have also gained control of China's customs, foreign trade and communications (sea, land, inland water and air).

1939, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命和中國共產黨》 (The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

Tāmen kòngzhì le Zhōngguó de hǎiguān hé duìwài màoyì, kòngzhì le Zhōngguó de jiāotōng shìyè (hǎishàng de, lùshàng de, nèihé de hé kōngzhōng de).

它們控制了中國的海關和對外貿易，控制了中國的交通事業（海上的、陸上的、內河的和空中的）。

它们控制了中国的海关和对外贸易，控制了中国的交通事业（海上的、陆上的、内河的和空中的）。


龍目

/lʊŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/

/lʊŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/

(～湖) Longmu (a lake in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China)


紅歌

/xʊŋ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ kɔː⁵⁵/

Short for 紅色歌曲／红色歌曲 (hóngsè gēqǔ, “red songs”).

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patriotic Chinese Communist song; revolutionary song


坎貝拉

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/

/kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵/

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

(Singapore, Malaysia) Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


薩丁尼亞

ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ

ㄙㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ

/sä⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/sä⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːt̚³ tɪŋ⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ aː³³/

/sä⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/

/sä⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/saːt̚³ tɪŋ⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ aː³³/

(Taiwan, Hong Kong) Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


昭拍耶河

ㄓㄠ ㄆㄞ ㄧㄝ ㄏㄜˊ

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/


蘇共

/su⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/sou̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

/su⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/sou̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ²²/

Short for 蘇聯共產黨／苏联共产党 (Sūlián Gòngchǎndǎng, “Communist Party of the Soviet Union”).


打鈴

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/

Taryong, a genre of traditional Korean music.


密營

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 밀영(密營) (miryeong).

obor

Paektusan Secret Camp (legendary place where Kim Il-sung led the anti-Japanese struggles and Kim Jong-il was born)

白頭山密營

白头山密营

(historical) secret camp (used as a military or guerrilla base in Korea during the anti-Japanese struggles in the first half of the 20th century)


收復失地運動

ㄕㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

Шоуфушидиюньдун

/ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ yn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚² sɐt̚⁵ tei̯²² wɐn²² tʊŋ²²/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚² sɐt̚⁵ tei̯²² wɐn²² tʊŋ²²/


荷莫茲海峽

ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄗ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

Хэмоцзыхайся

/xɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/xɤ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz#English


霍爾木茲海峽

ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄦˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄗ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

Хоэрмуцзыхайся

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/fɔːk̚³ jiː¹³ mʊk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ haːp̚²/

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Strait of Hormuz (a strait)


下薩克森

ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙㄣ

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sən⁵⁵/

/haː²² saːt̚³ hɐk̚⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sən⁵⁵/

/haː²² saːt̚³ hɐk̚⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

(～州) Lower Saxony (a state of Germany; capital: Hanover)


濁水溪

ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧ

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

/lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰue⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

/lɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰue⁴⁴/


博都雅

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ tu⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ tu⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

《御製詩·五集巻八十四》

Bódōuyǎ xī xiū zhígòng, Yīngjílì jīn xiào jìnchéng

博都雅昔修職貢，𠸄咭唎今效藎誠

《御製詩·五集巻八十四》

博都雅昔修职贡，𠸄咭唎今效荩诚

(obsolete) Portugal (a country in Europe)


弗里西亞群島

ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

Фулисия Цюньдао

/fu³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fu³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


民鐵吾

ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨˊ

/min³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ tʰiːt̚³ ŋ̍²¹/

/ᵐbin²² het̚³³ m̩²²/

/min³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ tʰiːt̚³ ŋ̍²¹/

/ᵐbin²² het̚³³ m̩²²/

(chiefly Taishanese) Manhattan (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


芬蘭灣

Фэньланьвань

/fən⁵⁵ län³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/fɐn⁵⁵ laːn²¹ wɐn⁵⁵/

/fən⁵⁵ län³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/fɐn⁵⁵ laːn²¹ wɐn⁵⁵/


諾曼第

ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

/nɔːk̚² maːn²² tɐi̯²²/

/nu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

/nɔːk̚² maːn²² tɐi̯²²/

administrative region
administrative region

(Taiwan, Hong Kong) Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


大分水嶺

ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

Дафэньшуйлин

/tä⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² fɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/tä⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² fɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/


涇河

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/


渭河盆地

ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ

Вэйхэ Пэньди

/weɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/


焦穫

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

(historical) Jiaohuo Lake, a body of water between the Jing and Wei Rivers in the northwest of present-day Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province


斐律濱

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹ pin⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹ pin⁵⁵/

(obsolete) Philippines (a country in Asia)


敦煌學

ㄉㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

/tu̯ən⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/tu̯ən⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/


武洛干

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kan³³/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kan³³/

1922, 佘柏昭, 顏文初, 劉春澤, editors, 菲律賓華僑教育考察團日記, 中華書局, page 285:

Wǎnghuán jí cānguān shíjiān. Xū àn sān rì chéng. Bìng kě shùntú guānchá Jiǎwànduān Cabanatuan Wǔluògān Bulacan Xiānmǐyǐ San Miguel gè shěng shìlì zhōngxué. Jí gāoxiǎo gè xiào.

往還及參觀時間。須按三日程。幷可順途觀察甲萬端 Cabanatuan 武洛干 Bulacan 仙米乙 San Miguel 各省市立中學。及高小各校。

往还及参观时间。须按三日程。并可顺途观察甲万端 Cabanatuan 武洛干 Bulacan 仙米乙 San Miguel 各省市立中学。及高小各校。

1924 February 19, “工人自建醫院”, in 南洋商報 [Nanyang Siang Pau], page 10:

According to Philippine reports, the Farmers' Union of San Miguel^((?)), Bulacan, Philippines, recently due to workers in that province regularly having all sorts of danger and illnesses, and also lacking a suitable hospital, […]

Fēi xùn, Fēidǎo Wǔluògānshěng Sānwèiyuè zhī nónggōng liánhéhuì, jìn yǐ gāi shěng gōngrén cháng fāshēng zhǒngzhǒng wēixiǎn jí bìngzhèng, ér yòu wú yī shìyí zhī yīyuàn, […]

菲訊、菲島武洛干省三味月之農工聯合會、近以該省工人常發生種種危險及病症、而又無一適宜之醫院、[…]

菲讯、菲岛武洛干省三味月之农工联合会、近以该省工人常发生种种危险及病症、而又无一适宜之医院、[…]

(～省) (dated, Philippine Hokkien) Bulacan (a province of the Philippines)


岷埠

/bin²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²⁴⁻²² pɔ³³/

/bin¹³⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²⁴⁻²² pɔ³³/

/bin¹³⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁴⁴/

/bin²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

1922, advertisement, quotee, edited by 佘柏昭, 顏文初, and 劉春澤, 菲律賓華僑教育考察團日記, 中華書局:

The office and production site are at 1022 and 1060 Juan Luna Street, Manila.

Shìwù suǒ yǔ zhìzàochǎng zài Mínbù Fānlúnnàjiē yīlíng'èr'èr jí yīlíngliùlíng hào.

事務所與製造場在岷埠番倫那街一〇二二及一〇六〇號。

事务所与制造场在岷埠番伦那街一〇二二及一〇六〇号。

(obsolete) Manila (a city, the capital city of the Philippines)


岸線

/ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

(～市) Shoreline (a city in King County, Washington, United States)


華北平原

ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ

Хуабэй Пинъюань

/xu̯ä³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/waː²¹ pɐk̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/

/xu̯ä³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/waː²¹ pɐk̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/


哈德遜河

ㄏㄚ ㄉㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ

/xä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/haː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɵn³³ hɔː²¹/

/xä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/haː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɵn³³ hɔː²¹/


西孟加拉

ㄒㄧ ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ

/ɕi⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ maːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ maːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/


果阿

/ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵/

/kʷɔː³⁵ aː³³/

/ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀä⁵⁵/

/kʷɔː³⁵ aː³³/


阿薩姆

/ˀä⁵⁵ sä⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ saːt̚³ mou̯¹³/

/ˀä⁵⁵ sä⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ saːt̚³ mou̯¹³/

阿薩姆紅茶

阿萨姆红茶


贊比西河

ㄗㄢˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄜˊ

/t͡sän⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡saːn³³ pei̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

/t͡sän⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/t͡saːn³³ pei̯³⁵ sɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/


白羅斯

/paɪ̯³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² lɔː²¹ siː⁵⁵/

From Belarusian Беларусь (Bjelarusʹ). Promulgated by the Belarusian embassy in China on 16 March 2018 but not officially recognized by either the Chinese (PRC) or Taiwanese (ROC) governments. Based on the idea that 俄羅斯 /俄罗斯 (Éluósī) refers to Russia while 羅斯 /罗斯 (Luósī) refers to the historical state of Rus.

白俄羅斯 白俄羅斯#Chinese

白俄罗斯 白俄罗斯#Chinese

Synonym of 白俄羅斯 /白俄罗斯 (Bái'éluósī): Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


阿拉伯埃及共和國

ㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄅㄛˊ ㄞ ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Алабо Айцзи Гунхэго

/ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Arab Republic of Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt


昆州

/kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Short for 昆士蘭州／昆士兰州 (Kūnshìlán zhōu, “Queensland, Australia”).


不列顛群島

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

Bùlièdiān Qúndǎo [Phonetic:búlièdiān Qúndǎo]

буледянь Цюньдао

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


英倫諸島

ㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄨ ㄉㄠˇ

Инлунь Чжудао

/iŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/iŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


港子

/kɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/kɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

(Beijing Mandarin, cant) Hong Kong dollar


不列顛諸島

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄓㄨ ㄉㄠˇ

Bùlièdiān Zhūdǎo [Phonetic:búlièdiān Zhūdǎo]

буледянь Чжудао

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ liːt̚² tiːn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/


亞速海

/jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/


魁北克市

ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄕˋ

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ siː¹³/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ siː¹³/

Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


魁北克城

ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄔㄥˊ

Куйбэйкэ Чэн

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹/


武六干

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lak̚²⁴⁻² kan³³/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lak̚²⁴⁻² kan³³/


邦邦牙

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵/

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵ jä³⁵/

(～省) Pampanga (a province of the Philippines)


武拉干

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ la³³ kan³³/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/

/bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ la³³ kan³³/


甲午戰爭

ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄨˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Цзяу Чжаньчжэн

/t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kaːp̚³ ŋ̍¹³ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kaːp̚³ ŋ̍¹³ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895, conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea)


布拉干

/pu⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/

/pou̯³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/

/pu⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/

/pou̯³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/

From English Bulacan, from Spanish Bulacán, from Tagalog Bulakan.

(～省) Bulacan (a province of the Philippines)


邦板牙

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/

/paŋ³³ pan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡa²⁴/

/pɑŋ⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/

/paŋ³³ pan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡa²⁴/


阿拉貢

/ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/aː³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ³³/

/ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵¹/

/aː³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ³³/

autonomous community
autonomous community

(～自治區) Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)


敖德薩

/ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tɤ³⁵ sä⁵¹/

/ŋou̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵ saːt̚³/

/ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ tɤ³⁵ sä⁵¹/

/ŋou̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵ saːt̚³/


哈爾科夫

/xä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

/haː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ fɔː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

/xä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ fu⁵⁵/

/haː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ fɔː⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/


金雞湖

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ɦu²¹/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ɦu²¹/

Jinji Lake (a lake in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)


鄂霍次克海

ㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄘˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄞˇ

/ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɔːk̚² fɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ hɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/ŋɔːk̚² fɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ hɐk̚⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Calque of Russian Охо́тское мо́ре (Oxótskoje móre).

cal

Охо́тское мо́ре

Sea of Okhotsk (a sea in the Pacific Ocean)


美功河

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/


布里斯托爾

ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄦˇ

/pu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pou̯³³ lei̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³/

/pou̯³³ lei̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³/

(Mainland China) Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)


佛州

/fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fɐt̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

/fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fɐt̚² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Short for 佛羅里達州／佛罗里达州 (Fóluólǐdá Zhōu, “State of Florida”).


西巴布亞

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄚˋ

ㄒㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄚˇ

/ɕi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ pou̯³³ aː³³/

/ɕi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ pou̯³³ aː³³/

(～省) West Papua (a province of Indonesia)


巴倫支海

ㄅㄚ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄓ ㄏㄞˇ

Балуньчжихай

/pä⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/pä⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/


通天河

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/


格爾木河

ㄍㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

/kɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/kɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/


當曲

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

From Tibetan འདམ་ཆུ ('dam chu, literally “marshy river”).


玉龍喀什

ㄩˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄚ ㄕˊ

/y⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/y⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

(～河) White Jade River (a river in Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China)


布碌崙

/pou̯³³ lʊk̚⁵ lɵn²¹/

/pou̯³³ lʊk̚⁵ lɵn²¹/

布碌崙八大道

布碌仑八大道

(Cantonese) Brooklyn (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


史丹頓島

ㄕˇ ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄠˇ

Шиданьдуньдао

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː³⁵ taːn⁵⁵ tɵn²² tou̯³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː³⁵ taːn⁵⁵ tɵn²² tou̯³⁵/

Staten Island (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


布朗士

/pu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ lɔːŋ¹³ siː²²/

/pu⁵¹ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ lɔːŋ¹³ siː²²/

the Bronx (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)


薩利吉勒干南庫勒

ㄙㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄨˋ ㄌㄜˋ

Салицзилэганьнанькулэ

/sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ lɤ⁵¹ kän⁵⁵ nän³⁵ kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/

Surigh Yilganing Kol
Surigh Yilganing Kol#English

(～湖) Surigh Yilganing Kol (a lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin)


甜水海

ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

Tianshuihai (a lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin)


紅寶書

/xʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/


喀拉喀什

/kʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/kʰä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Borrowed from Uyghur قاراقاش (qaraqash).

(～河) Karakash River (a river in Xinjiang, China)


尼德蘭

/ni³⁵ tɤ³⁵ län³⁵/

/ni³⁵ tɤ³⁵ län³⁵/

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

(uncommon) Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


脂那

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ nä⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹/

(obsolete, Buddhism) Alternative form of 支那 (Zhīnà, “China”)


國術

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/

/kʷɔːk̚³ sɵt̚²/

/kɔk̚⁵⁵ sut̚³²/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/

/kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sut̚¹²¹/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/

/kʷɔːk̚³ sɵt̚²/

/kɔk̚⁵⁵ sut̚³²/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/

/kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sut̚²⁴/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sut̚¹²¹/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚⁴/


咱人菜

/lan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

/nan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

/lan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

/lan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

/nan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

/lan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁴¹/

(Philippine Hokkien) Chinese cuisine; Chinese food


芝邑巴

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐp̚⁵ paː⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐp̚⁵ paː⁵⁵/

(～省) (dated) Chiapas (a state of Mexico)


廖內群島

ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄋㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

Ляонэйцюньдао

/li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/liːu̯²² nɔːi̯²² kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

/liːu̯²² nɔːi̯²² kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

(～省) Riau Islands (a province of Indonesia)


北卡

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐk̚⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵/

(～州) Short for 北卡羅來納／北卡罗来纳 (Běi-Kǎluóláinà, “North Carolina”).


筲箕灣

desc

→ English: Shau Kei Wan, Shaukiwan, Shaojiwan

/ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/sɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ue²¹/

/ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/sɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ ue²¹/

Aldrich Bay (a bay in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong)


至那

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹/


遼南

/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/

/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ nän³⁵/

southern Liaoning (usually includes Dalian, Yingkou, Dandong, Anshan, and Panjin)


川北

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵/

northern Sichuan (usually includes Nanchong, Guangyuan, Suining, Dazhou, and Bazhong)


豫南

southern Henan (usually includes Nanyang, Zhumadian, Xinyang, Dengzhou, Gushi, and Xincai)


瑞士聯邦

ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄤ

Жуйши Ляньбан

/ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯²² siː²² lyːn²¹ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sɵy̯²² siː²² lyːn²¹ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Swiss Confederation
Swiss Confederation#English

Swiss Confederation (a country in Europe)


伊拉克共和國

ㄧ ㄌㄚ ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Илакэ Гунхэго

/i⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/jiː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ hɐk̚⁵ kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/

/i⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Republic of Iraq
Republic of Iraq#English


莫斯科窪

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

From Manchu ᠮᠣᠰᠺᠣᠸᠠ (mosk'owa), Russian Москва́ (Moskvá).

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


興凱湖

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ wuː²¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ wuː²¹/


呼蘭河

/xu⁵⁵ län³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/fuː⁵⁵ laːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

/xu⁵⁵ län³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/fuː⁵⁵ laːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Hulan River (river in Heilongjiang Province, China)


輝發河

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/fɐi̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³ hɔː²¹/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/fɐi̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³ hɔː²¹/

Huifa River (a river in northeast China)


色楞格河

ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/sɤ⁵¹ lɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɪk̚⁵ lɪŋ²² kaːk̚³ hɔː²¹/

/sɤ⁵¹ lɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɪk̚⁵ lɪŋ²² kaːk̚³ hɔː²¹/


以色列國

ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚² kʷɔːk̚³/

/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚² kʷɔːk̚³/


藏學

/t͡sɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/t͡sɔːŋ²² hɔːk̚²/

/t͡sɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/t͡sɔːŋ²² hɔːk̚²/


鯪魚球

ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄩˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

/liŋ³⁵ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/lɛːŋ²¹ jyː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/liŋ³⁵ y³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/lɛːŋ²¹ jyː²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/


叉燒酥

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/


澳仔

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phono-semantic matching of English Aussie.


淝水

/feɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/feɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

淝水之戰

淝水之战

(historical) Fei River (a river in China)


色楞格

/sɤ⁵¹ lɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵/

/sɪk̚⁵ lɪŋ²² kaːk̚³/

/sɤ⁵¹ lɤŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵/

/sɪk̚⁵ lɪŋ²² kaːk̚³/

Borrowed from Manchu ᠰᡝᠯᡝᠩᡤᡝ (selengge, “Selenga River”), from Mongolian ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (selengge).


黴國

/meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

A pun on 美國／美国 (Měiguó), as the first characters 美 (měi) and 黴／霉 (méi) are nearly or exactly homophonous in many Sinitic languages.

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美國／美国 (Měiguó)

(neologism, derogatory, slang) United States


紐奧良

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ou̯³³ lœːŋ²¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ ou̯³³ lœːŋ²¹/

(Taiwan) New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)


明尼亞波利斯

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙ

Миннияболисы

/miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ nei̯²¹ aː³³ pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² siː⁵⁵/

/miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/miŋ³⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ nei̯²¹ aː³³ pɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² siː⁵⁵/

From English Minneapolis, from Dakota mini (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

(Taiwan) Minneapolis (the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County)


雞爪爪

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sau⁵³ t͡sau⁵³⁻²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵³ t͡sua⁵³⁻²¹/

/t͡ɕi¹¹ t͡sua⁵³ t͡sua⁵³⁻¹¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sau⁵³ t͡sau⁵³⁻²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sua⁵³ t͡sua⁵³⁻²¹/

/t͡ɕi¹¹ t͡sua⁵³ t͡sua⁵³⁻¹¹/


雞腳爪子

/t͡ɕi³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

/t͡ɕi³³ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/


山腳下

(Xiang) foot of a mountain or hill; foothill


厲害國

ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

From the phrase 厲害了我的國 /厉害了我的国 (“My country is just awesome”) commonly used on mainland Chinese forums that praises the People's Republic of China but is ridiculed by its detractors, from the title of a 2018 documentary Amazing China (《厲害了，我的國》 /《厉害了，我的国》), produced by China Central Television (CCTV).

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(sarcastic, derogatory) People's Republic of China


城寨

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²²/


九龍城寨

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄞˋ

Цзюлунчэнчжай

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²²/

/kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²²/


九龍寨城

ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄞˋ ㄔㄥˊ

Цзюлунчжайчэн

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³³ lʊŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/

/kɐu̯³³ lʊŋ²¹ t͡saːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/


崩崗

/pen²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/

/pen²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/


太陽節

ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/


埃及學

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/aːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚² hɔːk̚²/

/ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚² hɔːk̚²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/aːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚² hɔːk̚²/

/ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚² hɔːk̚²/


山衝裡

/san³³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³ li³/

/san³³ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³³ li³/


山墈

/san³³ kʰõ⁴⁵/

/san³³ kʰõ⁴⁵/


噴赤河

/pʰən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/pʰɐn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ hɔː²¹/

/pʰən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/pʰɐn³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ hɔː²¹/


新國

/ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Singaporean foreign worker center collaborates with non-profit organizations to launch the first guest worker insurance plan

2020 October 2, in Harian Indonesia, page A6

Xīnguó wàiláo zhōngxīn yǔ fēiyínglì zǔzhī tuīchū shǒu ge kègōng bǎoxiǎn jìhuà

新國外勞中心與非盈利組織推出首個客工保險計劃

新国外劳中心与非盈利组织推出首个客工保险计划

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


長廊

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/

the Long Corridor (a covered walkway in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China)


冷泉

/lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã¹³/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²³/

/lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã¹³/

/liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²⁴/

/liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suã²³/


以國

/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/jiː¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/

/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/jiː¹³ kʷɔːk̚³/

Short for 以色列 (Yǐsèliè): Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


后海灣

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/hɐu̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/hɐu̯²² hɔːi̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Deep Bay (a bay between Hong Kong and Shenzhen)


淺水灣

ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄢ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island#English

Repulse Bay (a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)


清水灣

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/


湖濱

/wuː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/

/wuː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/


湖濱

/wuː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/

/wuː²¹ pɐn⁵⁵/

(～區) Hubin (a district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China)


意大利亞

ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ

ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(historical) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)


奎松市

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siː¹³/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siː¹³/


十八區

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/sɐp̚² paːt̚³ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

/sɐp̚² paːt̚³ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/


茶果嶺

ㄔㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaː²¹ kʷɔː³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaː²¹ kʷɔː³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

Cha Kwo Ling (a hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong)


飛鵝山

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Fei Ngo Shan; Kowloon Peak (a mountain in Kowloon, Hong Kong)


尖東

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡siːm⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

East Tsim Sha Tsui (the eastern part of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong)


塔門

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/

/tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/

Tap Mun; Grass Island (an island in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


大鵬灣

/tä⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² pʰaːŋ²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/taːi̯²² pʰaːŋ²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

Mirs Bay (a bay between Shenzhen and Hong Kong)


沙螺灣

/ʂä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

/ʂä⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ waːn⁵⁵/

Sha Lo Wan (a bay on northwestern Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


貝澳

/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/puːi̯³³ ou̯³³/

/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/puːi̯³³ ou̯³³/

Pui O (an area on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


舂坎角

ㄔㄨㄥ ㄎㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐm³⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐm³⁵ kɔːk̚³/

Chung Hom Kok (an area in southern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong)


深水灣

/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ waːn⁵⁵/

Deep Water Bay (a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island)


竹篙灣

/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²⁴/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²³/

/ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²⁴/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ uan²³/

Penny's Bay (an area in northeastern Lantau Island)


關閘

/ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/

/ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/


馬料水

ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maː¹³ liːu̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maː¹³ liːu̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

From earlier 馬尿水／马尿水, romanized as Ma-gniu-shui or Ma Niu Shui in early maps.

Ma Liu Shui (an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong)


筷子基

/kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/faːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

/kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/faːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/


祐漢

/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²² hɔːn³³/

/joʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²² hɔːn³³/


望廈

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² haː²²/

/wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² haː²²/

廈／厦 is short for 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén, “Xiamen”).

望廈條約

望厦条约

(～村) Mong Ha (a former village in Macau)


城門河

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ muːn²¹ hɔː²¹/

Shing Mun River (a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong)


大帽山

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

Tai Mo Shan (the highest peak in Hong Kong)


九鐵

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

Short for 九廣鐵路／九广铁路 (“Kowloon-Canton Railway”).

zh-short-comp

(Hong Kong, historical) Kowloon-Canton Railway; KCR


西鐵

/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

西鐵站

西铁站


澳門半島

ㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ

Аомэньбаньдао

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵ pän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵ puːn³³ tou̯³⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵ pän⁵¹ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ou̯³³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵ puːn³³ tou̯³⁵/


塘福

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ fʊk̚⁵/

/tʰɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵/

/tʰɔːŋ²¹ fʊk̚⁵/

Tong Fuk (a place on Lantau Island, Hong Kong)


沼澤地

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ti⁵¹/


加泰

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ tʰaːi̯³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/kaː⁵⁵ tʰaːi̯³³/

Short for 加泰羅尼亞／加泰罗尼亚 (Jiātàiluóníyà) or 加泰隆尼亞／加泰隆尼亚 (Jiātàilóngníyà).

zh-l

加泰羅尼亞／加泰罗尼亚 (Jiātàiluóníyà)

加泰隆尼亞／加泰隆尼亚 (Jiātàilóngníyà)

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain; capital: Barcelona)


漢文訓讀

ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨˊ

ханьвэнь сюньду

/xän⁵¹ wən³⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ tu³⁵/

/hɔːn³³ mɐn²¹ fɐn³³ tʊk̚²/

/xän⁵¹ wən³⁵ ɕyn⁵¹ tu³⁵/

/hɔːn³³ mɐn²¹ fɐn³³ tʊk̚²/

(linguistics) reading Literary Chinese text in the vernacular language by literal translation (mainly practiced in Japan, where it is called kanbun kundoku)


涪江

/fu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/fu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Fu River (a river in Sichuan and Chongqing, China)


五色旗

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/ŋ̍¹³ sɪk̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/ŋ̍¹³ sɪk̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

(historical) the first national flag of the Republic of China (1912–1928)


橙旗

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːŋ³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːŋ³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

(Hong Kong) an orange banner used by the police: "Disperse or we Fire / 速離，否則開槍"


紫旗

/t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡siː³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

/t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡siː³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

After National Security Law relating to Hong Kong is enacted, the Hong Kong Police raised the new purple flag yesterday. The flag has a total of 70 characters, and differs from simple warning phrases in the past.

Shè Gǎng Guó'ānfǎ tōngguò hòu, Xiānggǎng jǐngfāng zuórì jǔqǐ xīn de jǐnggào zǐqí, qí shàng gòng yǒu 70 ge zì, yǔ guòwǎng de jiǎnliàn jǐnggàoyǔ bùtóng.

涉港國安法通過後，香港警方昨日舉起新的警告紫旗，旗上共有70個字，與過往的簡練警告語不同。

涉港国安法通过后，香港警方昨日举起新的警告紫旗，旗上共有70个字，与过往的简练警告语不同。

Also in Shantung Street, someone chanted slogans advocating "Hong Kong independence". Police officers raised the purple flag to warn participants that they may violate the Hong Kong National Security Law.

2020 September 7, 蕭景源, 獨人攬炒疫下犯聚 警嚴正執法拘289人 黃之鋒岑子杰等政棍現場煽動 梁國雄黃浩銘陳皓桓被捕, in 《文匯報》 (Wen Wei Po), page A1/A20

Lìng zài shāndōng jiē yǒu rén gāojiào “gǎngdú” kǒuhào, jǐngyuán yīdù jǔqǐ zǐqí jǐnggào zàichǎngzhě shèxián wéiwaan2 xiānggǎng guó'ānfǎ.

另在山東街有人高叫「港獨」口號，警員一度舉起紫旗警告在場者涉嫌違反香港國安法。

另在山东街有人高叫「港独」口号，警员一度举起紫旗警告在场者涉嫌违反香港国安法。

After the Chinese Communist Party bypassed Hong Kong's "One Country, Two System" and forced the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hong Kong Police uses the purple flag in later protests and demonstrations to warn protesters that they may breach the Hong Kong National Security Law.

2020 September, 趙允中, 美「中」非的三角習題, in 《清流雙月刊》, number 29, page 41

Zhōnggòng yú 5 yuè 28 rì zài bù jīng Xiānggǎng “yīguóliǎngzhì” zìzhǔ lìfǎ jīzhì xià, qiǎngxíng tōngguò “Gǎngbǎn Guó'ānfǎ” de juéyì, Xiānggǎng jǐngfāng bìng yú rìhòu de shìwēi yóuxíng zhōng, yǐ zǐqí jǐnggào shìwēizhě kěnéng chùfàn “Gǎngqū Guó'ānfǎ”.

中共於5月28日在不經香港「一國兩制」自主立法機制下，強行通過「港版國安法」的決議，香港警方並於日後的示威遊行中，以紫旗警告示威者可能觸犯《港區國安法》。

中共于5月28日在不经香港「一国两制」自主立法机制下，强行通过「港版国安法」的决议，香港警方并于日后的示威游行中，以紫旗警告示威者可能触犯《港区国安法》。

The police said large amount of protesters gathered near Great George Street at approximately 3 pm. Some chanted "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times", and may violate the offence of abetting or inciting others in secession. The police raised the purple flag and stopped and detained large amount of people.

2020 October 2, 周偉立, 銅鑼灣傳港獨口號 警一度舉紫旗警告 74人涉非法集結被拘捕, in 《香港商報》 (Hong Kong Commercial Daily), page A5

Jǐngfāng biǎoshì, xiàwǔ yuē 3 shí, jìlìzuǒzhì jiē fùjìn yǒu dàpī shìwēizhě jùjí, bùfan6 rén gāojiào “guāngfuk6 xiānggǎng shídài géming6” kǒuhào, shèxián zuk1fàn xiānggǎng guó'ānfǎ xià shāndòng huò jiàosuō tārén fēnliè guójiā děng zuìhang6, jǐngfāng jǔ zǐqí qūsaan3, jiétíng dàpī rénshì.

警方表示，下午約3時，記利佐治街附近有大批示威者聚集，部分人高叫「光復香港 時代革命」口號，涉嫌觸犯香港國安法下煽動或敎唆他人分裂國家等罪行，警方舉紫旗驅散，截停大批人士。

警方表示，下午约3时，记利佐治街附近有大批示威者聚集，部分人高叫「光复香港 时代革命」口号，涉嫌触犯香港国安法下煽动或教唆他人分裂国家等罪行，警方举紫旗驱散，截停大批人士。

(Hong Kong) a purple banner used by the Hong Kong police warning that one may be in violation of the Hong Kong national security law


陸緣海

/lu⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lu⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


邊緣海

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


溪仔

/kʰue³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/kʰue³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/


沙耶武里

ㄕㄚ ㄧㄝ ㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ

/ʂä⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂä⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～省) Sainyabuli (a province of Laos; capital: Sainyabuli)


柳江

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lɐu̯¹³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lɐu̯¹³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Liu River (a river in Guizhou and Guangxi, China)


雲城

From clipping of 雲高華 /云高华 (Yúngāohuá) + 城 (chéng, “city”).

/yn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/yn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/wɐn²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

1933 April 25, 大漢公報 [The Chinese Times], page 5:

loi⁶ loi⁴ leoi⁵ gun², cit³ zoi⁶ wan⁴ sing⁴

賚來旅館 設在雲城

赉来旅馆 设在云城

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

(obsolete) Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)


露國

/lu⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/lu⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

聖露西亞 聖露西亞#Chinese

圣露西亚 圣露西亚#Chinese

(Taiwan) Synonym of 聖露西亞 /圣露西亚 (Shènglùxīyà): Saint Lucia (a country in the Caribbean)


江戶川

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 江(え)戸(ど)川(がわ) (Edogawa).


葛底斯堡

ㄍㄜˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄙ ㄅㄠˇ

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

葛底斯堡戰役

葛底斯堡战役

Gettysburg (a borough, the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States)


左江

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


潯江

/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


右江

/joʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/joʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/


北盤江

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ pʰuːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ pʰuːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Beipan River (a river in Yunnan and Guizhou, China)


賀江

/xɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔː²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/xɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔː²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

He River (a river in Guangxi and Guangdong, China)


鬱江

/y⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɐt̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/y⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/wɐt̚⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Yu River (a river in Chongqing and Hebei, China)


南盤江

Наньпаньцзян

/nän³⁵ pʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pʰuːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/nän³⁵ pʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ pʰuːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Nanpan River (a river in Yunnan and Guizhou, China)


菲國

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Short for 菲律賓／菲律宾 (Fēilǜbīn, “the Philippines”).


黑河-騰衝線

ㄏㄟ ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

Хэйхэтэнчун Сянь

/xeɪ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/xeɪ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/


胡煥庸線

ㄏㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄩㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

Ху Хуаньюн Сянь

/xu³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/xu³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Named after Chinese demographer 胡煥庸 (Hú Huànyōng) (1901–1998).


東方主義

ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/


亂港

/lu̯än⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lu̯än⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, derogatory, often attributive) to disturb the peace in Hong Kong


大自流盆地

ㄉㄚˋ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ

Да Цзылю Пэньди

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/

Great Artesian Basin
Great Artesian Basin


冷泉港

ㄌㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄤˇ

/lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor#English

census-designated place
census-designated place

Cold Spring Harbor (a hamlet and census-designated place in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, United States)


中資

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

mainland Chinese capital; mainland Chinese investment; mainland Chinese funding


辰韓

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ xän³⁵/

/sɐn²¹ hɔːn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ xän³⁵/

/sɐn²¹ hɔːn²¹/

The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE

濊 běi yǔ Gāogōulí, Wòjǔ, nán yǔ Chénhán jiē, dōng qióng dàhǎi, xī zhì yuèlàng.

濊北與高句驪、沃沮，南與辰韓接，東穷大海，西至樂浪。

𰛦北与高句骊、沃沮，南与辰韩接，东穷大海，西至乐浪。


天府之國

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

тяньфу чжи го

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/


反中

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/


中國崩潰論

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

Чжунго бэнкуйлунь

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ pɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ən⁵¹/

China collapse theory (the notion that the collapse of China is imminent)


中國威脅論

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

Чжунго вэйселунь

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/

China threat theory (the notion that China is a danger to the rest of the world)


叻幣

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/

/lɪk̚⁵ pɐi̯²²/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/

/lɪk̚⁵ pɐi̯²²/


四川盆地

ㄙˋ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄆㄣˊ ㄉㄧˋ

Сычуань Пэньди

/sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰuːn²¹ tei̯²²/

/sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ pʰən³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ pʰuːn²¹ tei̯²²/


布袋澳

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²² ou̯³³/

/pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pou̯³³ tɔːi̯²² ou̯³³/

Po Toi O (a bay of Sai Kung district, Hong Kong)


去中國化

ㄑㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

цюйчжунгохуа

/t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/hɵy̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ faː³³/

/t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/hɵy̯³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ faː³³/

to desinicize (to perform desinicization)


當惹雍錯

ㄉㄤ ㄖㄜˇ ㄩㄥ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Tibetan དྭངས་རྭ་གཡུ་མཚོ (dwangs rwa g.yu mtsho).

bor

དྭངས་རྭ་གཡུ་མཚོ

Tangra Yumco (a lake in Nyima County, Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


艾丁湖

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² tɪŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² tɪŋ⁵⁵ wuː²¹/

Partial calque of Uyghur ئايدىڭكۆل (aydingköl).

partial calque

Ayding Lake, Aydingkol Lake (a lake in Xinjiang, China)


滆湖

Ge Lake (a lake in Jiangsu Province, China)


洲渚

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


松阿察河

ㄙㄨㄥ ㄚ ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/sʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/sʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ xɤ³⁵/


大烏蘇爾卡河

ㄉㄚˋ ㄨ ㄙㄨ ㄦˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄏㄜˊ

Да Усуэрка Хэ

/tä⁵¹ u⁵⁵ su⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Partial calque of Russian Больша́я Уссу́рка (Bolʹšája Ussúrka).

Больша́я Уссу́рка

Bolshaya Ussurka
Bolshaya Ussurka#English

Bolshaya Ussurka (a tributary of the Ussuri, Russia)


呼瑪河

/xu⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

/xu⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Huma River (a tributary of the Amur River, Heilongjiang Province, China)


比金河

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Bikin (a tributary of the Ussuri River, Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)


韃靼海峽

ㄉㄚˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

/tä³⁵ tä³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/tʰaːt̚³ taːt̚³ hɔːi̯³⁵ haːp̚²/

/tä³⁵ tä³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/tʰaːt̚³ taːt̚³ hɔːi̯³⁵ haːp̚²/

Strait of Tartary
Strait of Tartary#English

Strait of Tartary (a strait in the Pacific Ocean, between Sakhalin and mainland Asia)


宗谷海峽

ㄗㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

Цзунгу Хайся

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 宗谷海峡.

obor

La Pérouse Strait
La Pérouse Strait#English

La Pérouse Strait, Sōya Strait (a strait in the Pacific Ocean, between Sakhalin and Hokkaido)


納霍德卡灣

ㄋㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄎㄚˇ ㄨㄢ

Находэка Вань

/nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

/nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵⁵/

Calque of Russian зали́в Нахо́дка (zalív Naxódka).

cal

зали́в Нахо́дка

Nakhodka Bay (a bay of Primorsky Krai, Russia)


姜水

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


羅茲

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

Lodz Voivodeship
Lodz Voivodeship#English

Lodz (the capital and largest city of the Lodz Voivodeship, Poland)


沃羅涅日河

ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄖˋ ㄏㄜˊ

/wɔ⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/wɔ⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

Voronezh (a tributary of the Don in Tambov, Lipetsk and Voronezh Oblasts, Russia)


加州人

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/


雲埠

/wɐn²¹ fɐu̯²²/

/wɐn²¹ fɐu̯²²/

(obsolete) Short for 雲高華埠／云高华埠 (Yúngāohuá bù, “Vancouver (a city in British Columbia, Canada)”).


荷蘭西

/ho²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ laŋ³³⁻²³ se³³/

/ho²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/ho¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ laŋ³³⁻²³ se³³/

1886, Lim Hiong Seng, “Notes—Hostilities”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 167:

War between China and France. Who has won the victory?

dong¹ gog⁴ gah⁴ ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹ siê¹ tai⁵. di⁵ diang⁵ tai⁵ ian⁵?

中國與荷蘭西相刣。何人刣羸。

中国与荷兰西相刣。何人刣羸。

(Southern Min, obsolete) France (a country in western Europe)


中國性

ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/


羅省枝利

ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥˇ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ saːŋ³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

/lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/lɔː²¹ saːŋ³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

Borrowed from pronunciation in English Los Angeles, itself from Spanish Los Angeles (“The Angels”).

1971, 張朋園, “廣智書局（1901-1915）——維新派文化事業機構之一”, in 近代史研究所集刋, number 2, page 398:

Jù Xīnmín Cóngbào shíbā hào kānzǎi fāfàng gǔxī guǎnggào, Guǎngzhì gǔdōng sànbù hǎinèiwài gèdì, zhǔyào gǔdōng jì yǒu: Héngbīn Huáng Huìzhī, Jiùjīnshān Xiè Xīngchóu, Bōlún Lǐ Měijìn, Bìjiāxuědì Liáng Jù, geláng Xiè Gènchuān, Yùduōlì Lǐ Fújī, Zhēlùdùn Kuàng Liàng, Xiānggǎng Kuàng Shòumín, Tánxiāngshān Zhēn Jǐngyàn, Luóshěngzhīlì Huáng Hànzhī, Shèlù Hú Zhīnán, Bānámǎ Pān Ānmín, Wēngēhuá Yè Xīngnán, Xī Àozhōu Liú Zhāngxuān, Huálì Hào, Běijīng Yǒuzhèng Shūjú, Guǎngzhōu Kāimíng Shūjú děng.

據新民叢報十八號刋載發放股息廣吿，廣智股東散布海內外各地，主要股東計有：橫濱黃慧之，舊金山謝星儔，砵崙李美近，碧加雪地梁鉅，個郞謝艮川，域多利李福基，遮路頓鄺亮，香港鄺壽民，檀香山甄景雁，羅省枝利黃翰之，舍路胡枝南，巴拿馬潘安民，溫哥華葉星南，西澳洲劉章軒，華利號，北京有正書局，廣州開明書局等。

据新民丛报十八号刊载发放股息广告，广智股东散布海内外各地，主要股东计有：横滨黄慧之，旧金山谢星俦，砵仑李美近，碧加雪地梁巨，个郞谢艮川，域多利李福基，遮路顿邝亮，香港邝寿民，檀香山甄景雁，罗省枝利黄翰之，舍路胡枝南，巴拿马潘安民，温哥华叶星南，西澳洲刘章轩，华利号，北京有正书局，广州开明书局等。

(dated) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


光化門

ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊ

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ mən³⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ faː³³ muːn²¹/

/ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ mən³⁵/

/kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ faː³³ muːn²¹/

Gyeongbokgung Palace
w:Gyeongbokgung Palace

Gwanghwamun (main and largest gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, in Seoul, South Korea)


回民

/wuːi̯²¹ mɐn²¹/

/wuːi̯²¹ mɐn²¹/

(～區) Huimin District (a district of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)


蘇祿

/sɔ³³ lɔk̚²⁴/

/sɔ³³ lɔk̚²⁴/

Loaned via Hokkien. From Tausug Sulug, the unelided form of Sūg (“Sulu”), from Tausug sulug, the unelided form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk.

(～省) Sulu (a province of the Philippines)


瓦埠

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/wä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/


鹹煎餅

→ English: ham chin peng

→ Teochew: 咸神鄧 (ham5 sing5 dêng6)

ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

сяньцзяньбин

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haːm²¹ t͡siːn⁵⁵ pɛːŋ³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haːm²¹ t͡siːn⁵⁵ pɛːŋ³⁵/

ham chin peng (a traditional Chinese snack with a hollow center and a shell of fried dough and sesame seeds)


沙灣

/ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

/ʂä⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/

Sandy Bay (a bay in Pok Fu Lam, Southern district, Hong Kong)


喀納斯湖

ㄎㄚ ㄋㄚˋ ㄙ ㄏㄨˊ

/kʰä⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/haːk̚³ naːp̚² siː⁵⁵ wuː²¹/

/kʰä⁵⁵ nä⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ xu³⁵/

/haːk̚³ naːp̚² siː⁵⁵ wuː²¹/


東北亞

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ aː³³/

/tyŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾møyʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ a³³/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a³³/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ aː³³/

/tyŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾møyʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ a³³/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ³³ pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a³³/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴⁴/


董總

→ English: Dong Zong

→ Malay: Dong Zong

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Short for 馬來西亞華校董事聯合會總會／马来西亚华校董事联合会总会 (Mǎláixīyà huáxiào dǒngshì liánhéhuì zǒnghuì, “United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia, Dong Zong”).


北京鴨

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ aːp̚³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiã³³ aʔ⁵/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/

/pak̚²⁻⁴ kĩã³³⁻²³ aʔ²/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/

/pɐk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ aːp̚³/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/

/pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiã³³ aʔ⁵/

/pak̚³²⁻⁵ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/

/pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/

/pak̚²⁻⁴ kĩã³³⁻²³ aʔ²/


粵港澳

/ɥɛ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jyːt̚² kɔːŋ³⁵ ou̯³³/

/ɥɛ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jyːt̚² kɔːŋ³⁵ ou̯³³/


阿魯納恰爾

ㄚ ㄌㄨˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄦˇ

/ˀä⁵⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹ nä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh#English

(～邦) Arunachal Pradesh (a state of India)