塞拉利昂

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (塞拉利昂)		塞	拉	利	昂

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sàilālì'áng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³ laai¹ lei⁶ ngong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sài-la-lī-gông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sàilālì'áng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sàilalì-áng
    • Wade–Giles: Sai⁴-la¹-li⁴-ang²
    • Yale: Sài-lā-lì-áng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saylhaliharng
    • Palladius: Сайлалиан (Sajlalian)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ lä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ˀɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³ laai¹ lei⁶ ngong⁴
    • Yale: choi lāai leih ngòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³ laai¹ lei⁶ ngong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³ lai¹ léi⁶ ngong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ laːi̯⁵⁵ lei̯²² ŋɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sài-la-lī-gông
    • Tâi-lô: Sài-la-lī-gông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saelalixgoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai²¹⁻⁵³ la⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ ɡɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai²¹⁻⁵³ la⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ ɡɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ la³³ li⁴¹⁻²² ɡɔŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

塞拉利昂

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Sierra Leone (a country in West Africa)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 獅子山／狮子山 (Shīzǐshān)