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 歐虜巴／欧虏巴 (O͘-ló͘-pà) Hokkien 鷗虜巴／鸥虏巴 (O͘-ló͘-pà) Hokkien

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): ㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ 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 / O͘-lô-pa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ōuluóbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O͘-lô-pa
  - Tâi-lô: Oo-lô-pa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oloi'paf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ pa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ lo²⁴⁻²² pa³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ pa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

歐羅巴

(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
(～洲) (dated) Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)
- 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 (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

Alternative spelling
欧羅巴

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