希臘

See also: 希腊

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (希臘)		希	臘
simp. (希腊)		希	腊

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás), probably via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīlà
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ laap⁶, hei¹ lip⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hî-lia̍p
Min Dong (BUC): Hĭ-lăk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Hi-la̍h / Hi-lia̍p
(Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹ lah⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): xi laq (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīlà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shilah
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ lä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ laap⁶, hei¹ lip⁶
  - Yale: hēi laahp, hēi lihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ laap⁹, hei¹ lip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ lab⁶, héi¹ lib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ läːp̚²/, /hei̯⁵⁵ liːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hî-lia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi´ liab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹ liab⁶
  - IPA: /hi²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯ap̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭ-lăk
  - IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ l̃aʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-la̍h
  - Tâi-lô: Hi-la̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hilah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ laʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-lia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: Hi-lia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiliap
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ liap̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hi¹ lah⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi la̍h
  - IPA ^(key): /hi³³⁻²³ laʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xi laq (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ la̱ʔ²¹/

Proper noun

希臘

Greece

Synonyms

(dated, Min Dong) 希利尼

Derived terms

古希臘／古希腊 (Gǔ Xīlà)
希臘人／希腊人 (Xīlàrén)
希臘文／希腊文

希臘正教會／希腊正教会 (Xīlà Zhèngjiàohuì)
希臘語／希腊语 (xīlàyǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
希	臘
Grade: 4	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

The spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 希臘 which derives from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás), not Latin Graecia from which Japanese ギリシャ (Girisha)/ギリシア (Girishia) derives.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɕa̠]

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɾʲiɕia̠]

Proper noun

希臘 (katakana ギリシャ, rōmaji Girisha, alternative reading ギリシア, rōmaji Girishia)

Rare spelling of ギリシャ (“Greece”).
Rare spelling of ギリシア (“Greece”).

Usage notes

The first character as an abbreviation (希) is more common than the full kanji spelling.

Korean

Hanja in this term
希	臘

Proper noun

希臘 • (Huirap) (hangeul 희랍)

Hanja form^? of 희랍 (“Greece”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
希	臘

Proper noun

希臘

Hán tự form of Hi Lạp (“Greece”).