加爾各答

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (加爾各答)		加	爾	各	答
simp. (加尔各答)		加	尔	各	答

Etymology

Borrowed from English Calcutta.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiā'ěrgèdá

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄦˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ ji⁵ gok³ daap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiā'ěrgèdá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄦˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jia-ěrgèdá
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-êrh³-ko⁴-ta²
    • Yale: Jyā-ěr-gè-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiaeelgehdar
    • Palladius: Цзяэргэда (Czjaergɛda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵¹ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ ji⁵ gok³ daap³
    • Yale: gā yíh gok daap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ ji⁵ gok⁸ daap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ yi⁵ gog³ dab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ kɔːk̚³ taːp̚³/

Proper noun

加爾各答

1. Kolkata (the capital city of West Bengal, India)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 加爾格得／加尔格得