威尼斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (威尼斯)		威	尼	斯
simp. ^#(威尼斯)		威	尼	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Venice.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēinísī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄋㄧˊ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ nei⁴ si¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue-gni-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wēinísī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄋㄧˊ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Weinísih
  - Wade–Giles: Wei¹-ni²-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: Wēi-ní-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueinisy
  - Palladius: Вэйнисы (Vɛjnisy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ni³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ nei⁴ si¹
  - Yale: wāi nèih sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ nei⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ néi⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue-gni-sy
  - MiniDict: ue^平 nyi sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue-nyi-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ sz̩²¹/

Proper noun

威尼斯

Venice (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic)
Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice)

Synonyms

水都 (shuǐdū)