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巴勒斯坦

巴勒斯坦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴勒斯坦)		巴	勒	斯	坦

Proper noun

巴勒斯坦

Palestine

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Palaestīna ‎(“Roman province of Palestine”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Bālèsītǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄊㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán
Min Nan (POJ): Pa-liak-sir-thán / Pa-lek-su-thán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Bālèsītǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄊㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balehsytaan
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan²
  - Yale: bā lahk sī táan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lak⁹ si¹ taan²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ lɐk̚² siː⁵⁵ tʰɑːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba´ led sii´ tan`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ led⁶ si¹ tan³
  - IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ let̚⁵ sɨ²⁴ tʰan³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-liak-sir-thán
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-liak-sir-thán
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ liak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-lek-su-thán
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-lik-su-thán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paleksu'tarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/