瑞典

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (瑞典)		瑞	典
alternative forms		𠿩唺 obsolete

Etymology

From English Sweden, borrowed through a southern Chinese variety (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial), or an earlier stage of Mandarin. See also 瑞士 (Ruìshì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ruìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ din²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sui-tién

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sui⁴ diên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-diēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-tián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁶ diêng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zoe-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèidiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Jui⁴-tien³
    • Yale: Rwèi-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueydean
    • Palladius: Жуйдянь (Žujdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ din²
    • Yale: seuih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² tiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui dien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sui⁴ diên³
    • Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-diēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-tián
    • Tâi-lô: Suī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suixdiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui⁶ diêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi tiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe-ti
    • MiniDict: zoe^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ti⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瑞典

1. Sweden (a country in Europe)
2. (neologism, Internet slang) Northeast China

Derived terms

• 瑞典人 (Ruìdiǎnrén)
• 瑞典語／瑞典语 (Ruìdiǎnyǔ)
• 瑞典鹽醃鯡魚／瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (ruìdiǎn yán yān fēiyú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	典
すうぇー Jinmeiyō	てん > でん Grade: 4
irregular

Etymology

The spelling is ateji (当て字), from Chinese 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) スウェ​ーデン [sùwéꜜèdèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝɰᵝe̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

瑞典(スウェーデン) • (Suwēden) 

1. Obsolete spelling of スウェーデン (“Sweden”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典 • (Seojeon) (hangeul 서전)

1. Hanja form^? of 서전 (“Sweden (obsolete)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
瑞	典

Proper noun

瑞典

1. chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Điển (“Sweden”).