巴黎

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (巴黎)		巴	黎
simp. #(巴黎)		巴	黎

Etymology

From French Paris. Attested as early as 1838, in 古今萬國綱鑑 by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Bālí

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Бали (Bali, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ lai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-lì
• Eastern Min (BUC): Bă-là̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-lê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ba¹ li⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pa-li; ¹po-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bālí
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balí
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-li²
    • Yale: Bā-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bali
    • Palladius: Бали (Bali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ li³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Бали (Bali, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²⁴ li⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ lai⁴
    • Yale: bā làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ li^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴ li¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bă-là̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵⁵ l̃ɛ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-lê
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: palee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ le²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ba¹ li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pa lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa³³⁻²³ li⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pa-li; ¹po-li
    • MiniDict: pa^平 li; po^平 li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pa-li; ¹po-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pa⁵⁵ li²¹/, /po⁵⁵ li²¹/

Proper noun

巴黎

1. Paris (the capital and largest city of France; department of Île-de-France)

   艾菲爾鐵塔是巴黎的標誌性建築。 [MSC, trad.]
   艾菲尔铁塔是巴黎的标志性建筑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ shì Bālí de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù. [Pinyin]

   The Eiffel Tower is Paris's landmark structure.

   • 1866, 斌椿, 乘槎筆記; republished volume 2, Tokyo: 袋屋龜次郎, 1872, page 26:

     二十三日，晴，駐巴黎海關，免驗行李，街市繁華，氣局闊大，又勝於里昂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二十三日，晴，驻巴黎海关，免验行李，街市繁华，气局阔大，又胜于里昂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Èrshísānrì, qíng, zhù bālí hǎiguān, miǎn yàn xínglǐ, jiēshì fánhuá, qìjú kuòdà, yòu shèngyú Lǐ'áng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 巴黎斯 (Bālísī)

Derived terms

• 巴黎公社 (Bālí Gōngshè)
• 巴黎聖母院／巴黎圣母院 (Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn)
• 巴黎鐵塔／巴黎铁塔 (Bālí Tiětǎ)

 

See also

• (not to be confused with) 巴里 (Bālǐ) or 巴厘 (Bālí)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
巴	黎

Proper noun

巴黎

1. chữ Hán form of Ba Lê (“Paris”).