拉斯維加斯

See also: 拉斯维加斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (拉斯維加斯)		拉	斯	維	加	斯
simp. (拉斯维加斯)		拉	斯	维	加	斯

Etymology

Borrowing from English Las Vegas, from Spanish las vegas (“the meadows”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lāsīwéijiāsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹ si¹ wai⁴ gaa¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lāsīwéijiāsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lasihwéijiasih
    • Wade–Giles: La¹-ssŭ¹-wei²-chia¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Lā-sz̄-wéi-jyā-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lhasyweijiasy
    • Palladius: Ласывэйцзясы (Lasyvɛjczjasy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹ si¹ wai⁴ gaa¹ si¹
    • Yale: lāai sī wàih gā sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹ si¹ wai⁴ gaa¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai¹ xi¹ wei⁴ ga¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

拉斯維加斯

1. Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)