鳥絲倫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鳥絲倫)		鳥	絲	倫
simp. (鸟丝伦)		鸟	丝	伦
alternative forms		烏絲倫／乌丝伦 misspelling

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niǎosīlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄙ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ si¹ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niǎosīlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄙ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Niǎosihlún
    • Wade–Giles: Niao³-ssŭ¹-lun²
    • Yale: Nyǎu-sz̄-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neausyluen
    • Palladius: Няосылунь (Njaosylunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ si¹ leon⁴
    • Yale: níuh sī lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ si¹ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ xi¹ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ siː⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

Proper noun

鳥絲倫

1. (obsolete) New Zealand (an archipelago and country in Oceania)
   • 1921 July 11, 民聲報, number 1, page 8:

     鳥丝倫民声旬報發刋之期 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸟丝伦民声旬报发刊之期 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Niǎosīlún Mínshēng Xúnbào fākān zhī qī [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 新西蘭／新西兰 (Xīnxīlán)