暹羅

See also: 暹罗

Chinese

		Siam	to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze
trad. (暹羅)		暹	羅
simp. (暹罗)		暹	罗

Etymology

Short for 暹羅斛／暹罗斛 (as recorded in the History of Ming), which was a combined name for two states in modern-day Thailand:

暹 (xiān), referring to the kingdom of Siam, likely the kingdom of Suvarnabhumi; and
羅斛／罗斛, the kingdom of Lavo (now called Lopburi).

The two kingdoms merged in the mid-14^th century to become the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and the combined Chinese name 暹羅 remained in use to refer to subsequent Thai kingdoms.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiānluó

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim³ lo^4-2, cim³ lo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Siàm-lò
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Siam-lô / Siām-lô

(Teochew, Peng'im): siam⁵ lo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiānluó
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianluo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cim³ lo^4-2, cim³ lo⁴
  - Yale: chim ló, chim lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim³ lo^4-2, tsim³ lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim³ lo², qim³ lo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm³³ lɔː²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰiːm³³ lɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Siàm-lò
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiamˇ loˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiam² lo²
  - IPA: /ɕi̯am¹¹ lo¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siam-lô
  - Tâi-lô: Siam-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siamlooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siām-lô
  - Tâi-lô: Siām-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxmlooi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam³³⁻²¹ lɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam³³⁻¹¹ lo²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siam⁵ lo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâm lô
  - IPA ^(key): /siam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lo⁵⁵/

Proper noun

暹羅

(historical) Siam (old name for Thailand)

Derived terms

暹羅灣／暹罗湾

暹羅貓／暹罗猫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暹	羅
Hyōgaiji	Grade: S
Irregular

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [ɕa̠mɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

暹羅 (katakana シャム, rōmaji Shamu)

Alternative spelling of シャム (“Siam”)

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