斯普拉特利群島

Chinese

		phonetic	archipelago; chain of islands
trad. (斯普拉特利群島/斯普拉特利羣島)		斯普拉特利	群島/羣島
simp. (斯普拉特利群岛)		斯普拉特利	群岛

Etymology

Calque of English Spratly Islands.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ pou² laai¹ dak⁶ lei⁶ kwan⁴ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sīpǔlātèlì Qúndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄊㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihpǔlatèlì Cyúndǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ¹-pʻu³-la¹-tʻê⁴-li⁴ Chʻün²-tao³
    • Yale: Sz̄-pǔ-lā-tè-lì Chyún-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sypuulhatehlih Chyundao
    • Palladius: Сыпулатэли Цюньдао (Sypulatɛli Cjunʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ pou² laai¹ dak⁶ lei⁶ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Yale: sī póu lāai dahk leih kwàhn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ pou² laai¹ dak⁹ lei⁶ kwan⁴ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ pou² lai¹ deg⁶ léi⁶ kuen⁴ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ pʰou̯³⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ tɐk̚² lei̯²² kʷʰɐn²¹ tou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

斯普拉特利群島

1. Spratly Islands

Usage notes

Typically used by media based outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan publishing in Chinese. The conventional way to refer to the Spratly Islands in Chinese is 南沙群島／南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo).