馬達加斯加

See also: 马达加斯加

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (馬達加斯加)		馬	達	加	斯	加
simp. (马达加斯加)		马	达	加	斯	加

Etymology

From English Madagascar.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎdájiāsījiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ daat⁶ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ma¹ tad⁶ ga¹ si¹ ga¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka / Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka / Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mo-daq-ka-sy-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎdájiāsījiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎdájiasihjia
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-ta²-chia¹-ssŭ¹-chia¹
    • Yale: Mǎ-dá-jyā-sz̄-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maadarjiasyjia
    • Palladius: Мадацзясыцзя (Madaczjasyczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ daat⁶ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: máh daaht gā sī gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ daat⁹ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ dad⁶ ga¹ xi¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ taːt̚² kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ma¹ tad⁶ ga¹ si¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ma⁴⁴ tʰat̚⁵ ka⁴⁴ sz̩⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka
    • Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafdadkasu'kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tat̚⁴⁻³² ka⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka
    • Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tat̚²⁴⁻² ka³³ sɯ³³ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
    • Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-daq-ka-sy-ka
    • MiniDict: mo^去 dah ka sy ka
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-daq-ka-sr-ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² daʔ⁵⁵ ka³³ sz̩³³ ka²¹/

Proper noun

馬達加斯加

1. Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)

Synonyms

• (short form) 馬國／马国 (Mǎguó)