非洲

非洲

Chinese

		Africa	continent; island
simp. and trad. (非洲)		非	洲

Etymology

Short for 阿非利加洲 (Āfēilìjiā zhōu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fēizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fî-chû
• Min Dong (BUC): Hĭ-ciŭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hui-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ ziu¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): fi tseu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Fēizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feijou
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fēi jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fî-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi´ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi¹ zu¹
    • IPA: /fi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭ-ciŭ
    • IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Hui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui tsiu
    • IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fi tseu (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /fi⁵⁵ t͡sɜ²¹/

Proper noun

非洲

1. Africa

   上年我探望過一些非洲的貧窮家庭。 [MSC, trad.]
   上年我探望过一些非洲的贫穷家庭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng guò yīxiē Fēizhōu de pínqióng jiātíng. [Pinyin]

   I visited some impoverished families in Africa last year.

Derived terms

北部非洲 (Běibù Fēizhōu) 非洲之角 (Fēizhōu Zhī Jiǎo) 非洲獵犬／非洲猎犬 (Fēizhōu lièquǎn)

非洲聯盟／非洲联盟 (Fēizhōu Liánméng) 非洲野犬 (Fēizhōu yěquǎn)