翡冷翠

Chinese

		green jade; kingfisher	cold	bluish-green; green jade
simp. and trad. (翡冷翠)		翡	冷	翠

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Italian Firenze, rendered poetically. Coined by the poet Xu Zhimo.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fěilěngcuì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Fěilěngcuì [Phonetic: féilěngcuì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄌㄥˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Feeileengtsuey
  - IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

翡冷翠

Alternative name for 佛羅倫斯／佛罗伦斯 (Fóluólúnsī, “Florence”).

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