莫斯科

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (莫斯科)		莫	斯	科
simp. #(莫斯科)		莫	斯	科

Etymology

Borrowed from English Moscow, or shortened from Qing-era 莫斯科窪／莫斯科洼 (Mòsīkēwā), which is borrowed from Manchu ᠮᠣᠰᠺᠣᠸᠠ (mosk'owa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mòsīkē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄙ ㄎㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ si¹ fo¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mo̍k-sṳ̂-khô
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mŏ̤h-sṳ̆-kuŏ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bo̍k-su-kho / Bo̍k-sir-kher
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq-sy-khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mòsīkē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄙ ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mòsihke
    • Wade–Giles: Mo⁴-ssŭ¹-kʻo¹
    • Yale: Mwò-sz̄-kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mohsyke
    • Palladius: Мосыкэ (Mosykɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ si¹ fo¹
    • Yale: mohk sī fō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ si¹ fo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ xi¹ fo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² siː⁵⁵ fɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mo̍k-sṳ̂-khô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog sii^ˊ ko^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶ si¹ ko¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵ sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mŏ̤h-sṳ̆-kuŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)ly⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)uo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bo̍k-su-kho
    • Tâi-lô: Bo̍k-su-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogsu'qoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bo̍k-sir-kher
    • Tâi-lô: Bo̍k-sir-kher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² sɯ³³ kʰə³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq-sy-khu
    • MiniDict: moh^入 sy khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-sr-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ sz̩²² kʰu²³/

Proper noun

莫斯科

1. Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

   《莫斯科郊外的晚上》 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   “Mòsīkē jiāowài de wǎnshàng” [Pinyin]

   "Suburban Moscow Nights"

2. (～州) Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)
3. (～河) Moskva (a river in Russia)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 墨斯科

Japanese

Kanji in this term
莫	斯	科
も Jinmeiyō	す Jinmeiyō	くわ Grade: 2
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 莫斯科 – see the following entry.

【モスクワ】 [proper noun] Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia) [proper noun] Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)

(This term, 莫斯科, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
莫	斯	科

Proper noun

莫斯科

1. chữ Hán form of Mạc Tư Khoa (“Moscow”).