沙俄

沙俄

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	suddenly; very soon; Russian
simp. and trad. (沙俄)		沙	俄

Etymology

Short for 沙皇俄國／沙皇俄国.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shā'é, Shā'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄜˊ, ㄕㄚ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shā'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaer
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant, common in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shā'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaeh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ ngo⁵
    • Yale: sā ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ ngo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ ŋɔː¹³/

Proper noun

沙俄

1. The Tsarist Russia (the Russian Empire)