阿根廷

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿根廷)		阿	根	廷

Etymology

Borrowed from French Argentine or English Argentine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Āgēntíng

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄍㄣㄊㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ gan¹ ting⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Â-kîn-thìn

(Meixian, Guangdong): a¹ gên¹ tin²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): A-kun-têng / A-kin-têng

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ geng¹ têng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹a-ken-din; ⁷aq-ken-din

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Āgēntíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄍㄣㄊㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Agentíng
  - Wade–Giles: A¹-kên¹-tʻing²
  - Yale: Ā-gēn-tíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Agentyng
  - Palladius: Агэньтин (Agɛnʹtin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ gan¹ ting⁴
  - Yale: a gān tìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ gan¹ ting⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ gen¹ ting⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ kɐn⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-kîn-thìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: a^ˊ gin^ˊ tin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ gin¹ tin²
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ kin²⁴ tʰin¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: a¹ gên¹ tin²
  - Sinological IPA: /a⁴⁴ kɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-kun-têng
  - Tâi-lô: A-kun-tîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'kundeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ kun³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-kin-têng
  - Tâi-lô: A-kin-tîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'kindeeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ geng¹ têng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a kṳng thêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ kɯŋ³³⁻²³ tʰeŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹a-ken-din; ⁷aq-ken-din
  - MiniDict: a^平 ken din; ah^入 ken din
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹a-ken-din; ⁴aq-ken-din
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /a⁵⁵ kən³³ din²¹/, /aʔ³³ kən⁵⁵ din²¹/

Proper noun

阿根廷

Argentina (a country in South America)
- 1898, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], 出使日記續刻, volume 3, page 80:
  
  本朝嘉慶十五年，南美洲各國皆叛西班牙，改為自主，巴拉圭亦成自主國。同治四年至九年，與巴西、阿根廷、烏拉乖構兵，不勝，乃議和，戶口耗去十分之八。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  本朝嘉庆十五年，南美洲各国皆叛西班牙，改为自主，巴拉圭亦成自主国。同治四年至九年，与巴西、阿根廷、乌拉乖构兵，不胜，乃议和，户口耗去十分之八。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Běncháo Jiāqìng shíwǔ nián, Nánměizhōu gè guó jiē pàn Xībānyá, gǎiwéi zìzhǔ, Bālāguī yì chéng zìzhǔguó. Tóngzhì sì nián zhì jiǔ nián, yǔ Bāxī, Āgēntíng, Wūlāguāi gòubīng, bùshèng, nǎi yìhé, hùkǒu hào qù shí fēn zhī bā. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (阿根廷):

→ Vietnamese: Á Căn Đình (阿根廷)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿	根	廷

Proper noun

阿根廷

chữ Hán form of Á Căn Đình (“Argentina”).