尼加拉瓜

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尼加拉瓜)		尼	加	拉	瓜
simp. #(尼加拉瓜)		尼	加	拉	瓜

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nicaragua.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Níjiālāguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nì-kâ-lâ-kôa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Nî-ka-la-koa / Nî-kee-la-koa / Nî-ka-lá-koa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Níjiālāguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Níjialagua
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²-chia¹-la¹-kua¹
    • Yale: Ní-jyā-lā-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nijialhagua
    • Palladius: Ницзялагуа (Niczjalagua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: nèih gā lāai gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ga¹ lai¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ kaː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nì-kâ-lâ-kôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: ni^ˇ ga^ˊ la^ˊ gua^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ni² ga¹ la¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-la-koa
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-la-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kala'koaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ka³³ la³³ kua³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-kee-la-koa
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-kee-la-kua
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-lá-koa
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-lá-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kalafkoaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

尼加拉瓜

1. Nicaragua (a country in Central America)