哈馬斯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (哈馬斯)		哈	馬	斯
simp. (哈马斯)		哈	马	斯

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاس (ḥamās).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hāmǎsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄇㄚˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ maa⁵ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hāmǎsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄇㄚˇ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hamǎsih
    • Wade–Giles: Ha¹-ma³-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: Hā-mǎ-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hamaasy
    • Palladius: Хамасы (Xamasy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ maa⁵ si¹
    • Yale: hā máh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ maa⁵ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ ma⁵ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ maː¹³ siː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

哈馬斯

1. Hamas (a militant Palestinianist and Sunni Muslim movement that presses for an independent, Palestinian Islamic state and the Palestinian right of return)

Usage notes

In Mainland China, the term is often used as an abbreviation after the organization's full name (i.e. 巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭抵抗運動（哈馬斯）), similar to the original Arab term.