西半球
Chinese
| west | hemisphere; hemisphere of the Earth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (西半球) |
西 | 半球 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sai1 bun3 kau4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xībànqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sibàncióu
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-pan4-chʻiu2
- Yale: syī-bàn-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibannchyou
- Palladius: сибаньцю (sibanʹcju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xībànqiúr
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sibàncióur
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-pan4-chʻiu2-ʼrh
- Yale: syī-bàn-chyóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibannchyoul
- Palladius: сибаньцюр (sibanʹcjur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 bun3 kau4
- Yale: sāi bun kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 bun3 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 bun3 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ puːn³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-pòaⁿ-kiû
- Tâi-lô: sai-puànn-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: sai'pvoarkiuu
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-pòaⁿ-kiû
- Tâi-lô: se-puànn-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'pvoarkiuu
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kiu²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kiu²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sai1 buan3 giu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai puàⁿ kiû
- Sinological IPA (key): /sai³³⁻²³ pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiu⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
西半球
- Western Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia)
- c. 18th century, 蔣友仁 [Michel Benoist], edited by 何國宗 and 錢大昕, 地球圖說; republished as 地球圖說 (文選樓叢書), c. 1842, page 4:
- 天下萬國總分四大州，曰亞西亞，曰歐邏巴，曰利未亞，三州，俱于東半球容之，弟四大州曰南北亞墨利加，于西半球容之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- Tiānxià wànguó zǒngfēn sì dà zhōu, yuē Yàxīyà, yuē Ōuluóbā, yuē Lìwèiyà, sān zhōu, jù yú dōngbànqiú róng zhī, dì sì dà zhōu yuē nán běi Yàmòlìjiā, yú xībànqiú róng zhī. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
天下万国总分四大州，曰亚西亚，曰欧逻巴，曰利未亚，三州，俱于东半球容之，弟四大州曰南北亚墨利加，于西半球容之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 半 | 球 |
| にし Grade: 2 |
はん Grade: 2 |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
西半球 • (Nishihankyū)
- Western Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia)
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 半 | 球 |
Proper noun
西半球 • (Seoban'gu) (hangeul 서반구)
- hanja form? of 서반구 : Western Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 西 | 半 | 球 |
Proper noun
西半球
- chữ Hán form of Tây Bán cầu: Western Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the west of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and east of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing the Americas and a small part of eastern Russia)