暹羅
See also: 暹罗
Chinese
Siam | to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze | ||
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trad. (暹羅) | 暹 | 羅 | |
simp. (暹罗) | 暹 | 罗 | |
alternative forms | 暹邏/暹逻 |
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) is derived from 暹 (MC sjem), 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-14th century to become the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and the combined Chinese name 暹羅 remained in use to refer to subsequent Thai kingdoms.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
暹羅
- (historical) Siam (old name for Thailand)
- 並且日本還想佔領菲律賓、暹羅、越南、馬來半島和荷屬東印度,把外國和中國切開,獨佔西南太平洋。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Bìngqiě Rìběn hái xiǎng zhànlǐng Fēilǜbīn, Xiānluó, Yuènán, Mǎlái Bàndǎo hé Héshǔ Dōng Yìndù, bǎ wàiguó hé Zhōngguó qiēkāi, dúzhàn xīnán Tàipíngyáng. [Pinyin]
- Moreover, Japan wants to occupy the Philippines, Siam, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula and the Dutch East Indies in order to cut off other countries from China and monopolize the southwestern Pacific.
并且日本还想占领菲律宾、暹罗、越南、马来半岛和荷属东印度,把外国和中国切开,独占西南太平洋。 [MSC, simp.]
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕa̠mɯ̟ᵝ]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕa̠mɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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