歐羅巴

See also: 欧羅巴 and 欧罗巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (歐羅巴)		歐	羅	巴
simp. (欧罗巴)		欧	罗	巴
alternative forms		歐邏巴／欧逻巴 historical

Etymology

Formerly written as 歐邏巴／欧逻巴, which is borrowed from Latin Europa and first attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] by Matteo Ricci.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ōuluóbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ lo⁴ baa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Êu-lò-pâ
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ĕu-lò̤-bă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Au-lô-pa / O-lô-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ōuluóbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ouluóba
    • Wade–Giles: Ou¹-lo²-pa¹
    • Yale: Ōu-lwó-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ouluoba
    • Palladius: Оулоба (Ouloba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹ lo⁴ baa¹
    • Yale: āu lòh bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ lo⁴ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ lo⁴ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ paː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Êu-lò-pâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: eu^ˊ lo^ˇ ba^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: eu¹ lo² ba¹
    • Sinological IPA: /eu̯²⁴ lo¹¹ pa²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ĕu-lò̤-bă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛu⁵⁵ l̃o⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au-lô-pa
    • Tâi-lô: Au-lô-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auloi'paf
    • IPA (Taipei): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³ lo²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O-lô-pa
    • Tâi-lô: O-lô-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oiloi'paf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ lo²⁴⁻²² pa³³/

Proper noun

歐羅巴

1. (Greek mythology) Europa (princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
2. (～洲) (dated) Europe

   • 一個幽靈在歐羅巴躑躅著——共產主義底幽靈。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个幽灵在欧罗巴踯躅着——共产主义底幽灵。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Karl Marx (馬克思), Friedrich Engels (恩格斯) (1848) Bo Gu (博古 (bógǔ)), transl., 《共產黨宣言》 [The Communist Manifesto], 中原新華書店, published 1949, page 12

     Yīge yōulíng zài Ōuluóbā zhízhú zhe — gòngchǎnzhǔyì de yōulíng. [Pinyin]

     A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism.

Derived terms

• 歐洲 / 欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歐	羅	巴
おう > よー Hyōgai (ateji)	ら > ろっ Grade: S (ateji)	は > ぱ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 歐羅巴 – see the following entry.

【ヨーロッパ】 [proper noun] Europe (continent) Alternative spelling 欧羅巴

(This term, 歐羅巴, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (欧羅巴) of the above term.)