獅子國

Chinese

		lion; bodhisattva	country; state; nation
trad. (獅子國)		獅子	國
simp. (狮子国)		狮子	国

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala) and Chinese 國／国 (guó, “country”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīziguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīziguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihzi̊hguó
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-tzŭ⁵-kuo²
    • Yale: Shr̄-dz-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shy.tzygwo
    • Palladius: Шицзыго (Šiczygo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zi² gwok³
    • Yale: sī jí gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

獅子國

1. (historical) Sinhala; Sri Lanka

Synonyms

• 僧伽羅／僧伽罗 (Sēngjiāluó)