撒哈拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (撒哈拉)		撒	哈	拉
simp. #(撒哈拉)		撒	哈	拉

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sahara.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sāhālā, Sǎhālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ, ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ haa¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sāhālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sahala
    • Wade–Giles: Sa¹-ha¹-la¹
    • Yale: Sā-hā-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sahalha
    • Palladius: Сахала (Saxala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sǎhālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sǎhala
    • Wade–Giles: Sa³-ha¹-la¹
    • Yale: Sǎ-hā-lā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Saahalha
    • Palladius: Сахала (Saxala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ haa¹ laai¹
    • Yale: saat hā lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ ha¹ lai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

撒哈拉

1. (～沙漠) Sahara

Derived terms

• 西撒哈拉