瑞典

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞典)		瑞	典
alternative forms		𠿩唺 obsolete

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瑞典

Etymology

From English Sweden, borrowed through a southern Chinese variety (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial), or an earlier stage of Mandarin. See also 瑞士 (Ruìshì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ruìdiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ din²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sui-tién

(Meixian, Guangdong): sui⁴ diên³
Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-diēng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-tián

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁶ diêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìdiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèidiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-tien³
  - Yale: Rwèi-dyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueydean
  - Palladius: Жуйдянь (Žujdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶ din²
  - Yale: seuih dín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ din²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ din²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² tiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-tién
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui dien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ dian³
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sui⁴ diên³
  - Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-diēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-tián
  - Tâi-lô: Suī-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixdiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui⁶ diêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi tiéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-ti
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 ti
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-ti
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ti⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞典

Sweden (a country in Europe)
- 1838, Karl Gützlaff, 古今萬國綱鑑, volume 19, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 87:
  
  大尼族起耕田，種五穀及安分，國者與瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  大尼族起耕田，种五谷及安分，国者与瑞典地方和合，惟大尼王行虐政，瑞典民反叛焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Dàní zú qǐ gēngtián, zhǒng wǔgǔ jí ānfèn, guó zhě yǔ Ruìdiǎn dìfāng héhé, wéi Dàní wáng xíng nüèzhèng, Ruìdiǎn mín fǎnpàn yān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 411:
  
  瑞典那華兩國者王號揸理第十四傳 [Cantonese, trad.]
  瑞典那华两国者王号揸理第十四传 [Cantonese, simp.]
  seoi⁶ din² no⁵ waa⁴ loeng⁵ gwok³ ze² wong⁴ hou⁶ zaa¹ lei⁵ dai⁶ sap⁶ sei³ cyun⁴ [Jyutping]
  Sweden and Norway, of which Charles XIV. is king.
(neologism, Internet slang) Northeast China

Synonyms

(obsolete) 瑞國／瑞国 (Ruìguó)

Derived terms

瑞典人 (Ruìdiǎnrén)
瑞典語／瑞典语 (Ruìdiǎnyǔ)
瑞典鹽醃鯡魚／瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (ruìdiǎn yán yān fēiyú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	典
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

The spelling is ateji (当て字), from Chinese 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) スウェーデン [sùwéꜜèdèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨβ̞e̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

瑞典(スウェーデン) • (Suwēden)

Obsolete spelling of スウェーデン (“Sweden”).

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典 • (Seojeon) (hangeul 서전)

hanja form^? of 서전 (“Sweden (obsolete)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典

chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Điển (“Sweden”).

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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