# 瑞典
## Chinese

* 瑞典

### Etymology

From English Sweden, borrowed through a southern Chinese variety (where 瑞 is pronounced with an s- initial), or an earlier stage of Mandarin. See also 瑞士 (Ruìshì).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Ruìdiǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^6$ din$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Sui-tién
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sui$^4$ diên$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Sôi-diēng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Sūi-tián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^6$ diêng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe-ti
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Ruìdiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Ruèidiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: Jui$^4$-tien$^3$
*** Yale: Rwèi-dyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Rueydean
*** Palladius: Жуйдянь (Žujdjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^6$ din$^2$
*** Yale: seuih dín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^6$ din$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^6$ din$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯²² tiːn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sui-tién
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui dien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^4$ dian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sui$^4$ diên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Sôi-diēng
*** Sinological IPA : /sui²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lieŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sūi-tián
*** Tâi-lô: Suī-tián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suixdiern
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sui$^6$ diêng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi tiéng
*** Sinological IPA : /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zoe-ti
*** MiniDict: zoe$^去$ ti
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zoe-ti
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ti⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

瑞典
* Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
** 1838, Karl Gützlaff, 古今萬國綱鑑, volume 19, Singapore: 堅夏書院, page 87:
       Dàní zú qǐ gēngtián, zhǒng wǔgǔ jí ānfèn, guó zhě yǔ Ruìdiǎn dìfāng héhé, wéi Dàní wáng xíng nüèzhèng, Ruìdiǎn mín fǎnpàn yān. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 411:
       seoi$^6$ din$^2$ no$^5$ waa$^4$ loeng$^5$ gwok$^3$ ze$^2$ wong$^4$ hou$^6$ zaa$^1$ lei$^5$ dai$^6$ sap$^6$ sei$^3$ cyun$^4$ [Jyutping]
       Sweden and Norway, of which Charles XIV. is king.
* (neologism, Internet slang) Northeast China

#### Synonyms

* (obsolete) 瑞國／瑞国 (Ruìguó)

#### Derived terms

* 瑞典人 (Ruìdiǎnrén)
* 瑞典語 / 瑞典语 (Ruìdiǎnyǔ)
* 瑞典鹽醃鯡魚 / 瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 (ruìdiǎn yán yān fēiyú)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 瑞 | 典 |
| Jinmeiyō | Grade: 4 |
| irregular ||

### Etymology

The spelling is ateji (当て字), from Chinese 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) スウェーデン [sùwéꜜèdèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [sɨβ̞e̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

### Proper noun

瑞典(スウェーデン) • (Suwēden)
* Obsolete spelling of スウェーデン.: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 瑞 | 典 |

### Proper noun

瑞典 • (Seojeon) (hangeul 서전)
* (obsolete) hanja form of 서전 : Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 瑞 | 典 |

### Proper noun

瑞典
* chữ Hán form of Thuỵ Điển.: Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)