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塞舌爾

塞舌爾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (塞舌爾)		塞	舌	爾
simp. (塞舌尔)		塞	舌	尔

Proper noun

塞舌爾

Seychelles

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 塞席爾／塞席尔 (Sàixí'ěr)

Etymology

Borrowing from French Seychelles.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Sàishé'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ sit⁶ ji⁵, sak¹ sit⁶ ji⁵
Min Nan (POJ): Sài-sia̍t-ní / Sài-sia̍t-jíⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sàishé'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄕㄜˊ ㄦˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sayshereel
  - IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi³ sit⁶ ji⁵, sak¹ sit⁶ ji⁵
  - Yale: choi siht yíh, sāk siht yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ sit⁹ ji⁵, sak⁷ sit⁹ ji⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ siːt̚² jiː¹³/, /sɐk̚⁵ siːt̚² jiː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sài-sia̍t-ní
  - Tâi-lô: Sài-sia̍t-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saesiadnie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /saɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiɛt̚²⁴⁻²² ni⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /saɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɛt̚⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sài-sia̍t-jíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Sài-sia̍t-jínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saesiadjvie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /saɪ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑĩ⁵³/