尼日爾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尼日爾)		尼	日	爾
simp. (尼日尔)		尼	日	尔

Etymology

Borrowed from French Niger.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nírì'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ jat⁶ ji⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Nî-li̍t-ní / Nî-ji̍t-jíⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nírì'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nírìh-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: Ni²-jih⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: Ní-r̀-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niryheel
    • Palladius: Нижиэр (Nižier)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ jat⁶ ji⁵
    • Yale: nèih yaht yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ jat⁹ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ yed⁶ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ jɐt̚² jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-li̍t-ní
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-li̍t-ní
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nilidnie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² lit̚⁴⁻³² nĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² lit̚²⁴⁻² nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ji̍t-jíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Nî-ji̍t-jínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nijidjvie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zĩ⁵³/

Proper noun

尼日爾

1. (Mainland China) Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
2. (～州) Niger (a state of Nigeria)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 尼日 (Nírì)