尼泊爾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尼泊爾)		尼	泊	爾
simp. (尼泊尔)		尼	泊	尔

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Níbó'ěr

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄦˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ bok⁶ ji⁵ / nei⁴ pok³ ji⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Nî-pek-ní / Nî-piak-ní / Nî-pek-jíⁿ / Nî-po̍k-jíⁿ / Nî-po̍h-ní / Nî-phek-ní

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Níbó'ěr
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄦˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Níbó-ěr
  - Wade–Giles: Ni²-po²-êrh³
  - Yale: Ní-bwó-ěr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niboreel
  - Palladius: Нибоэр (Niboer)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ bok⁶ ji⁵ / nei⁴ pok³ ji⁵
  - Yale: nèih bohk yíh / nèih pok yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ bok⁹ ji⁵ / nei⁴ pok⁸ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ bog⁶ yi⁵ / néi⁴ pog³ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ pɔːk̚² jiː¹³/, /nei̯²¹ pʰɔːk̚³ jiː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-pek-ní
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-pik-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'peknie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-piak-ní
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-piak-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'piaknie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² piak̚⁵⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-pek-jíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-pik-jínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'pekjvie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² piɪk̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-po̍k-jíⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-po̍k-jínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'pogjvie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-po̍h-ní
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-po̍h-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'poiqnie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ pɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ nĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ po(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-phek-ní
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-phik-ní
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nipheknie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ⁵³/

Proper noun

尼泊爾

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 尼波羅／尼波罗 (Níbōluó)

Derived terms

尼泊爾芒 / 尼泊尔芒 (níbó'ěrmáng)