福爾摩沙

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (福爾摩沙)		福	爾	摩	沙
simp. (福尔摩沙)		福	尔	摩	沙

Borrowed from Portuguese Formosa (literally “beautiful”) [ca. 1542], as Portuguese sailors sighted the main island of Taiwan.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fú'ěrmóshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fú-ěrmósha
  - Wade–Giles: Fu²-êrh³-mo²-sha¹
  - Yale: Fú-ěr-mwó-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwueelmosha
  - Palladius: Фуэрмоша (Fuermoša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹
  - Yale: fūk yíh mō sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yi⁵ mo¹ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hók-ī-mò̤-să
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ i³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)la⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-sa
  - Tâi-lô: Hok-ní-môo-sa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoknymosaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² sa³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ sa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ sa⁴⁴/

福爾摩沙