阿富汗

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿富汗)		阿	富	汗

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āfùhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ fu³ hon⁶ / o¹ fu³ hon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Â-fu-hon
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ŏ̤-hô-gâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-hù-hān
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹a-fu-ghoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āfùhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄈㄨˋ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Afùhàn
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-fu⁴-han⁴
    • Yale: Ā-fù-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Afuhhann
    • Palladius: Афухань (Afuxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ fu³ hon⁶ / o¹ fu³ hon⁶
    • Yale: a fu hohn / ō fu hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ fu³ hon⁶ / o¹ fu³ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ fu³ hon⁶ / o¹ fu³ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ fuː³³ hɔːn²²/, /ɔː⁵⁵ fuː³³ hɔːn²²/

Note: o1 fu3 hon6 - rare.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Â-fu-hon
    • Hakka Romanization System: a´ fu hon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ fu⁴ hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵ hon⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ŏ̤-hô-gâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(h-)u²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-hù-hān
    • Tâi-lô: A-hù-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'huo'han
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² hu²¹⁻⁵³ han²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹a-fu-ghoe
    • MiniDict: a^平 fu ghoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹a-fu-hhoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /a⁵⁵ fu³³ ɦø²¹/

Proper noun

阿富汗

1. Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (阿富汗):

• → Vietnamese: A Phú Hãn (阿富汗)

See also

• 阿富汗尼 (āfùhànní)

Adjective

阿富汗

1. (Internet slang, figurative) chaotic, messy, dirty, bad

   阿富汗成色  ―  āfùhàn chéngsè  ―  in bad condition

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿	富	汗

Proper noun

阿富汗

1. chữ Hán form of A Phú Hãn (“Afghanistan”).