福爾摩斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (福爾摩斯)		福	爾	摩	斯
simp. (福尔摩斯)		福	尔	摩	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Holmes, with influence from Xiamen Hokkien in the translation by Huang Ding (黃鼎) and Zhang Zaixin (張在新). Initially in the form 福而摩司 [1902], changed to the current form in 《續包探案》 [1903].

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fú'ěrmósī

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-ní-mô͘-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fú'ěrmósī
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fú-ěrmósih
  - Wade–Giles: Fu²-êrh³-mo²-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: Fú-ěr-mwó-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwueelmosy
  - Palladius: Фуэрмосы (Fuermosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
  - Yale: fūk yíh mō sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ ji⁵ mo¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ yi⁵ mo¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³ mɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-ní-mô͘-su
  - Tâi-lô: Hok-ní-môo-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoknymosw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ su⁴⁴/

Proper noun

福爾摩斯

Sherlock Holmes (fictional detective in the novels by Arthur Conan Doyle)

Noun