沙國

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	country; state; nation
trad. (沙國)		沙	國
simp. (沙国)		沙	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shāguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ gwok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shāguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shaguó
    • Wade–Giles: Sha¹-kuo²
    • Yale: Shā-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shagwo
    • Palladius: Шаго (Šago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ gwok³
    • Yale: sā gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/

Proper noun

沙國

1. Short for 沙特阿拉伯 (Shātè Ālābó, “Saudi Arabia”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙特阿拉伯 (“Saudi Arabia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沙烏地阿拉伯, 沙特阿拉伯, 沙國, 沙烏地, 沙特
	Malaysia	沙地阿拉伯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	沙地阿拉伯, 沙特阿拉伯, 沙地, 沙特
Southern Min	Xiamen	沙特阿拉伯
	Quanzhou	沙特阿拉伯
	Zhangzhou	沙特阿拉伯