荷蘭西

荷蘭西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (荷蘭西)		荷	蘭	西
simp. (荷兰西)		荷	兰	西

Pronunciation

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hô-lân-se / Hô-liân-se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-lân-se
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-lân-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoilansef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô-liân-se
    • Tâi-lô: Hô-liân-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoiliensef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³⁻²² se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hô lang se
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ laŋ³³⁻²³ se³³/

Proper noun

荷蘭西

1. (Min Nan, obsolete) France (a country in western Europe)
   • 1886, Lim, Hiong Seng, “Lesson XXXI”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 167:

     中國與荷蘭西相刣。何人刣羸。 [Teochew, trad.]
     中国与荷兰西相刣。何人刣羸。 [Teochew, simp.]

     Dong¹ gog⁴ gah⁴ ho⁵ lang¹ sê¹ siê¹ tai⁵. Di⁵ diang⁵ tai⁵ ian⁵? [Peng'im]

     War between China and France. Who has won the victory?

Synonyms

• 法國／法国 (Fǎguó, “France”)
• (dated) 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī, “France”)

Derived terms

荷蘭西水／荷兰西水

See also

• 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán, “the Netherlands; Holland”)

References

• Blussé, Leonard; Nie, Dening (2018) The Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610–1795), page 287
• Douglas, Carstairs (1899) , “lân”, in Chinese-English dictionary of the vernacular or spoken language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 292