# 希臘
## Chinese

* 希臘 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 希臘 (Classical)
* 希臘 (Cantonese)
* 希臘 (Gan)
* 希腊 (Wu)
* Hĭ-lé-nà̤ (Eastern Min)
* Hî-lia̍p (Hakka)
* Hi-lia̍p (Southern Min)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás); attested as early as 1837, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine. Compare English Hellas.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xīlà
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^1$ laap$^6$ / hei$^1$ lip$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Hî-lia̍p
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hi$^1$ lab$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Hĭ-lăk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Hi-la̍h / Hi-lia̍p
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^1$ lah$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shi-laq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xīlà
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Silà
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$-la$^4$
*** Yale: Syī-là
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shilah
*** Palladius: Сила (Sila)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ lä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^1$ laap$^6$ / hei$^1$ lip$^6$
*** Yale: hēi laahp / hēi lihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^1$ laap$^9$ / hei$^1$ lip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^1$ lab$^6$ / héi$^1$ lib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯⁵⁵ laːp̚²/, /hei̯⁵⁵ liːp̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hî-lia̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˊ$ liab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^1$ liab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯ap̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hi$^1$ lab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi⁴⁴ lap̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Hĭ-lăk
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁵⁵ l̃aʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-la̍h
*** Tâi-lô: Hi-la̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hilah
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² laʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ laʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hi-lia̍p
*** Tâi-lô: Hi-lia̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiliap
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ liap̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hi$^1$ lah$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi la̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³⁻²³ laʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shi-laq
*** MiniDict: shi$^平$ lah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xi-laq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ laʔ²¹/

### Proper noun

希臘
* Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

#### Derived terms

* 古希臘 / 古希腊 (Gǔ Xīlà)
* 大希臘 / 大希腊 (Dà Xīlà)
* 希臘人 / 希腊人 (Xīlàrén)
* 希臘文 / 希腊文 (xīlàwén)
* 希臘正教會 / 希腊正教会 (Xīlà Zhèngjiàohuì)
* 希臘火 / 希腊火
* 希臘語 / 希腊语 (xīlàyǔ)

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 희랍(希臘) (Huirap)
* → Vietnamese: Hi Lạp (希臘)
Others:
* → Zhuang: Hihlaz

#### See also

* 希利尼 (Xīlìní)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 希 | 臘 |
| Grade: 4 | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||

### Etymology

The spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 希臘 / 希腊 (Xīlà) which derives from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás), not Latin Graecia from which Japanese ギリシャ (Girisha)/ギリシア (Girishia) derives.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲiɾʲiɕa̠]
* IPA: [ɡʲiɾʲiɕia̠]

### Proper noun

希臘(ギリシャ) or 希臘(ギリシア) • (Girisha or Girishia)
* Obsolete spelling of ギリシャ (“Greece”).
* Obsolete spelling of ギリシア (“Greece”).

#### Usage notes

The first character as an abbreviation (希) is more common than the full kanji spelling.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 希 | 臘 |

### Proper noun

希臘 • (Huirap) (hangeul 희랍)
* hanja form of 희랍 (“Greece”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 希 | 臘 |

### Proper noun

希臘
* chữ Hán form of Hi Lạp (“Greece”).