奇瓦瓦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (奇瓦瓦)		奇	瓦	瓦
simp. #(奇瓦瓦)		奇	瓦	瓦

Etymology

From Spanish Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qíwǎwǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ ngaa⁵ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qíwǎwǎ [Phonetic: qíwáwǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cíwǎwǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi²-wa³-wa³
    • Yale: Chí-wǎ-wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyiwoawoa
    • Palladius: Цивава (Civava)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ ngaa⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: kèih ngáh ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ ngaa⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ nga⁵ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ ŋaː¹³ ŋaː¹³/

Proper noun

奇瓦瓦

1. Chihuahua (Mexican state, city)

Synonyms

• (obsolete or Taiwan, uncommon) 濟華花／济华花
• (obsolete) 周斗亞
• (obsolete) 周省 (Zhōushěng)

See also

• 吉娃娃 (jíwáwa)