牙買加

See also: 牙买加

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (牙買加)		牙	買	加
simp. (牙买加)		牙	买	加

Etymology

牙買加／牙买加 appears to be first attested in 萬國地理全集 [1844] by Karl Gützlaff.

An earlier form, 牙賣加／牙卖加, which is attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602], is possibly borrowed from Latin Iamaica.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yámǎijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ maai⁵ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gâ-mái-ka / Gêe-mái-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yámǎijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yámǎijia
    • Wade–Giles: Ya²-mai³-chia¹
    • Yale: Yá-mǎi-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yamaejia
    • Palladius: Ямайцзя (Jamajczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ maai⁵ gaa¹
    • Yale: ngàh máaih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ maai⁵ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ mai⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ maːi̯¹³ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gâ-mái-ka
    • Tâi-lô: Gâ-mái-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gamay'kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡa²⁴⁻²² mãi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gêe-mái-kee
    • Tâi-lô: Gêe-mái-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡɛ¹³⁻²² mãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

牙買加

1. Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Synonyms

• (dated) 占美加 (Zhànměijiā)

Derived terms

• 牙買加胡椒／牙买加胡椒 (Yámǎijiā hújiāo)
• 牙買加醜橘／牙买加丑橘 (yámǎijiā chǒujú)