福爾摩沙

福爾摩沙

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (福爾摩沙)		福	爾	摩	沙
simp. (福尔摩沙)		福	尔	摩	沙

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Formosa (literally “beautiful”) [ca. 1542], as Portuguese sailors sighted the main island of Taiwan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fú'ěrmóshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹
• Min Dong (BUC): Hók-ī-mò̤-să
• Min Nan (POJ): Hok-ní-mô͘-sa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fú'ěrmóshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fú-ěrmósha
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-êrh³-mo²-sha¹
    • Yale: Fú-ěr-mwó-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwueelmosha
    • Palladius: Фуэрмоша (Fuermoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mwɔ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹
    • Yale: fūk yíh mō sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yi⁵ mo¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hók-ī-mò̤-să
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ i³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)la⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-sa
    • Tâi-lô: Hok-ní-môo-sa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoknymosaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

福爾摩沙

1. (historical, poetic) Formosa (historic name of Taiwan)

Synonyms

• 臺灣／台灣／台湾 (Táiwān)
• 寶島／宝岛 (Bǎodǎo)

See also

• 福爾摩斯／福尔摩斯 (Fú'ěrmósī, “(Sherlock) Holmes”)