阿拉斯加

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿拉斯加)		阿	拉	斯	加

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alaska.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ālāsījiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄙ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ laai¹ si¹ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ālāsījiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄙ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Alasihjia
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-la¹-ssŭ¹-chia¹
    • Yale: Ā-lā-sz̄-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Alhasyjia
    • Palladius: Аласыцзя (Alasyczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ laai¹ si¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: a lāai sī gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ laai¹ si¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ lai¹ xi¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿拉斯加

1. (～州) Alaska (a state of the United States)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	拉	斯	加
あ Jinmeiyō (ateji)	ら Grade: S (ateji)	す Jinmeiyō (ateji)	か Grade: 4 (ateji)
kan’on	kan’yōon	tōon	kan’on

Etymology

Ateji (当て字).

Proper noun

阿拉斯加(アラスカ) • (Arasuka) 

1. Rare spelling of アラスカ (“Alaska (a state of the United States)”).
   • (Can we date this quote?), 加藤哲, “北極記行”, in こゝろの華(はな) (Kokoro no hana), volume 六巻二号, page 71:

     此阿拉斯加の最北端なるポイントバローまて僅々のみ。

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “雜錄”, in 植民協會報告(しよくみんけふくわいほうこく) (Shokumin kyōkai hōkoku), volume 第弐拾號, page 89:

     […] 加奈陀ノ內地並ニ阿拉斯加沿岸ヨリ […]

     […] 加奈陀ノ內地並ニ阿拉斯加沿岸ヨリ […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• 学研 辞典編集部 (2000) 新版漢字に強くなる難読漢字辞典, 学習研究社, →ISBN