愛沙尼亞

See also: 爱沙尼亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (愛沙尼亞)		愛	沙	尼	亞
simp. (爱沙尼亚)		爱	沙	尼	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Estonia. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “via Wu?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Àishāníyà, Àishāníyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄕㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄞˋ ㄕㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ saa¹ nei⁴ aa³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Oi-sâ-nì-á / Oi-sâ-nì-â

  (Meixian, Guangdong): oi⁴ sa¹ ni² a⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ài-sa-nî-a / Ài-see-nî-a
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵e-so-gni-ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àishāníyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄕㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àishaníyà
    • Wade–Giles: Ai⁴-sha¹-ni²-ya⁴
    • Yale: Ài-shā-ní-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ayshaniyah
    • Palladius: Айшания (Ajšanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Àishāníyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄕㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Àishaníyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ai⁴-sha¹-ni²-ya³
    • Yale: Ài-shā-ní-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ayshaniyea
    • Palladius: Айшания (Ajšanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ saa¹ nei⁴ aa³
    • Yale: oi sā nèih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ saa¹ nei⁴ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ sa¹ néi⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ saː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ aː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Oi-sâ-nì-á / Oi-sâ-nì-â
    • Hakka Romanization System: oi sa^ˊ ni^ˇ a^ˋ / oi sa^ˊ ni^ˇ a^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: oi⁴ sa¹ ni² a³ / oi⁴ sa¹ ni² a¹
    • Sinological IPA: /oi̯⁵⁵ sa²⁴ ni¹¹ a³¹/, /oi̯⁵⁵ sa²⁴ ni¹¹ a²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: oi⁴ sa¹ ni² a⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /oɪ⁵³ sa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ni¹¹ a⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài-sa-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: Ài-sa-nî-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aesani'af
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sa⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sa³³ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài-see-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: Ài-see-nî-a
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵e-so-gni-ia
    • MiniDict: e^去 so nyi ia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²e-so-nyi-ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e³³ so⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ ia²¹/

Proper noun

愛沙尼亞

1. Estonia (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• 愛沙尼亞人／爱沙尼亚人 (Àishāníyàrén)
• 愛沙尼亞語／爱沙尼亚语 (Àishāníyàyǔ)