希臘

See also: 希腊

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (希臘)		希	臘
simp. (希腊)		希	腊

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás), probably via Cantonese.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīlà
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shilah
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ la̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ laap⁶, hei¹ lip⁶
  - Yale: hēi laahp, hēi lihp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ laap⁹, hei¹ lip⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ lab⁶, héi¹ lib⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ lɑːp̚²/, /hei̯⁵⁵ liːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hî-lia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi´ liab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹ liab⁶
  - IPA: /hi²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯ap̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-la̍h
  - Tâi-lô: Hi-la̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hilah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ laʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-lia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: Hi-lia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiliap
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ liap̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hi¹ lah⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi la̍h
  - IPA ^(key): /hi³³⁻²³ laʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xi laq (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ la̱ʔ²¹/

希臘

The spelling is an example of ateji, borrowed from Chinese 希臘.

希臘 (katakana ギリシア, rōmaji Girishia)

The kanji spelling is rare. The first character as an abbreviation (希) is more common than the full kanji spelling.

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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