掘地孖罅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (掘地孖罅)		掘	地	孖	罅
simp. #(掘地孖罅)		掘	地	孖	罅

Etymology

From Spanish Guatemala, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Juédìmāxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat⁶ dei⁶ maa¹ laa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Juédìmāxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jyuédìmasià
    • Wade–Giles: Chüeh²-ti⁴-ma¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Jywé-dì-mā-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyuedihmhashiah
    • Palladius: Цзюэдимася (Czjuedimasja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ti⁵¹ mä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat⁶ dei⁶ maa¹ laa³
    • Yale: gwaht deih mā la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁹ dei⁶ maa¹ laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued⁶ déi⁶ ma¹ la³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚² tei̯²² maː⁵⁵ laː³³/

Proper noun

掘地孖罅

1. (obsolete) Guatemala (a country in Central America)

Synonyms

• 危地馬拉／危地马拉 (Wēidìmǎlā)
• 瓜地馬拉／瓜地马拉 (Guādìmǎlā)

References

• 李大明 (2013 July 18) “墨西哥老华侨堪称“语言活化石” 乡音难改古语溜”, in 新浪新聞‎^[1]