以色列

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (以色列)		以	色	列
simp. #(以色列)		以	色	列

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǐsèliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yi⁴ set² let⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Yî-set-lie̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): Ī-sáik-liĕk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Í-sek-lia̍t / Í-siak-lia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i-seq-liq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
    • Wade–Giles: I³-sê⁴-lieh⁴
    • Yale: Yǐ-sè-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiisehlieh
    • Palladius: Исэле (Isɛle)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ sik¹ lit⁶
    • Yale: yíh sīk liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ sik⁷ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xig¹ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yi⁴ set² let⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ji²¹ set̚⁵⁵ let̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ sed^ˋ lied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ sed^ˋ lied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ sed⁵ liad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi¹ sêd⁵ liêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɛt̚¹ liɛt̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ī-sáik-liĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃ieʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-sek-lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Í-sik-lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ysekliat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-siak-lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: Í-siak-lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ysiakliat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: in² sêg⁴ liêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ sek lie̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ liek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵i-seq-liq
    • MiniDict: i^去 seh lih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-seq-liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ səʔ⁵⁵ liɪʔ²¹/

Proper noun

以色列

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
2. Israel (another name for Jacob)

Synonyms

• (Israel): (abbreviation) 以 (Yǐ); (short form) 以國／以国 (Yǐguó); (obsolete) 一賜樂業／一赐乐业 (Yīcìlèyè)