蘭多維列世

Chinese

		phonetic	epoch
trad. (蘭多維列世)		蘭多維列	世
simp. (兰多维列世)		兰多维列	世

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English Llandovery, the rock formation named after the nearby town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, from Welsh Llanymddyfri (literally “church near the waters”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lánduōwéiliè Shì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lánduōwéiliè Shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄛㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lánduowéiliè Shìh
  - Wade–Giles: Lan²-to¹-wei²-lieh⁴ Shih⁴
  - Yale: Lán-dwō-wéi-lyè Shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Landuoweilieh Shyh
  - Palladius: Ланьдовэйле Ши (Lanʹdovɛjle Ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Proper noun

蘭多維列世

(geology) the Llandovery epoch (part of the Silurian period, spanning from 443.4 to 433.4 million years ago)

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