# 以色列
## Chinese

* 以色列

### Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Yǐsèliè
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji$^5$ sik$^1$ lit$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yi$^4$ set$^2$ let$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Yî-set-lie̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): rhi$^ˋ$ sed lied$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yi$^1$ sêd$^5$ liêd$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Ī-sáik-liĕk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): i$^3$ seh$^6$ leh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Í-sek-lia̍t / Í-siak-lia̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): in$^2$ sêg$^4$ liêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$i-seq-liq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Yǐsèliè
*** Wade–Giles: I$^3$-sê$^4$-lieh$^4$
*** Yale: Yǐ-sè-lyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yiisehlieh
*** Palladius: Исэле (Isɛle)
*** Sinological IPA : /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^5$ sik$^1$ lit$^6$
*** Yale: yíh sīk liht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^5$ sik$^7$ lit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^5$ xig$^1$ lid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː¹³ sɪk̚⁵ liːt̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yi$^4$ set$^2$ let$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ji²¹ set̚⁵⁵ let̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: i$^ˊ$ sed$^ˋ$ lied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$ sed$^5$ liad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yî-set-lie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)i$^ˊ$ sed$^ˋ$ lied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yi$^1$ sed$^5$ liad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴ set̚² li̯et̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhi$^ˋ$ sed lied$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵³ set⁵⁻² liet²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yi$^1$ sêd$^5$ liêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /i⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɛt̚¹ liɛt̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Ī-sáik-liĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /i³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$lɛiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃ieʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: i$^3$ seh$^6$ leh$^7$ [Phonetic: i$^2$ seh$^7$ leh$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Î-seh-le̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ɬɛʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ lɛʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: i$^3$ seh$^6$ leh$^7$ [Phonetic: i$^2$ seh$^7$ leh$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /i³³²⁻¹³ ɬɛʔ²⁻²⁴ lɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-sek-lia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: Í-sik-lia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ysekliat
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɛt̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Í-siak-lia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: Í-siak-lia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ysiakliat
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: in$^2$ sêg$^4$ liêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ sek lie̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ liek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$i-seq-liq
*** MiniDict: i$^去$ seh lih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$i-seq-liq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ səʔ⁵⁵ liɪʔ²¹/

### Proper noun

以色列
* Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
* Israel (another name for Jacob)

#### Synonyms

* (Israel): (abbreviation) 以 (Yǐ); (short form) 以國／以国 (Yǐguó); (obsolete) 一賜樂業／一赐乐业 (Yīcìlèyè)