翡冷翠

Chinese

		green jade; kingfisher	cold	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠
simp. ^#(翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Italian Firenze, rendered poetically. Coined by the poet Xu Zhimo.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fěilěngcuì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² laang⁵ ceoi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fěilěngcuì [Phonetic: féilěngcuì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fěilěngcuèi
  - Wade–Giles: Fei³-lêng³-tsʻui⁴
  - Yale: Fěi-lěng-tswèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feeileengtsuey
  - Palladius: Фэйлэнцуй (Fɛjlɛncuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fei² laang⁵ ceoi³
  - Yale: féi láahng cheui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fei² laang⁵ tsoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: féi² lang⁵ cêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/

Proper noun

翡冷翠

(dated or poetic) Florence (a city in Italy)

Synonyms

佛羅倫斯／佛罗伦斯 (Fóluólúnsī)

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