瑞西

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞西)		瑞	西

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 瑞西(スイス) (Suisu), from French Suisse.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ruìxī

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūi-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèisi
  - Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: Rwèi-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueyshi
  - Palladius: Жуйси (Žujsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-se
  - Tâi-lô: suī-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixsef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² se³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞西

(obsolete) Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Synonyms

瑞士 (Ruìshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	西
すい Jinmeiyō (ateji)	す Grade: 2 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 瑞西 – see the following entry.

【スイス】

[proper noun] Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

(This term, 瑞西, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	西

Proper noun

瑞西 • (Seoseo) (hangeul 서서)

(obsolete) Hanja form^? of 서서 (“Switzerland”).

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