孟加拉國

Chinese

		Bengal	country; state; nation
trad. (孟加拉國)		孟加拉	國
simp. (孟加拉国)		孟加拉	国

Etymology

Calque of Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèngjiālāguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Men-kâ-lâ-koet
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mâing-gă-lăk-guók
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Béng-ka-la-kok / Bēng-ka-la-kok / Bēng-kee-la-kok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶man-ka-la-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngjiālāguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngjialaguó
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-chia¹-la¹-kuo²
    • Yale: Mèng-jyā-lā-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqjialhagwo
    • Palladius: Мэнцзялаго (Mɛnczjalago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok³
    • Yale: maahng gā lāai gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ gaa¹ laai¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ ga¹ lai¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Men-kâ-lâ-koet
    • Hakka Romanization System: men ga^ˊ la^ˊ gued^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men⁴ ga¹ la¹ gued⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /men⁵⁵ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴ ku̯et̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mâing-gă-lăk-guók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁵⁽⁻²¹⁾ l̃aʔ⁵⁻²¹ kuɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Béng-ka-la-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Bíng-ka-la-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befngkala'kog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³ la³³ kɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-ka-la-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Bīng-ka-la-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexngkala'kog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-kee-la-kok
    • Tâi-lô: Bīng-kee-la-kok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶man-ka-la-koq
    • MiniDict: man^去 ka la koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³man-ka-la-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mã²² ka⁵⁵ la³³ koʔ²¹/

Proper noun

孟加拉國

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore) Bangladesh (a country in South Asia)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孟加拉國 (“Bangladesh”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	孟加拉
	Malaysia	孟加拉
	Singapore	孟加拉
Cantonese	Hong Kong	孟加拉
Southern Min	Xiamen	孟加拉國
	Quanzhou	孟加拉國
	Zhangzhou	孟加拉國