麥加

See also: 麦加

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麥加)		麥	加
simp. (麦加)		麦	加

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَّة (makka)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Màijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-ka / Bia̍k-ka / Be̍k-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Màijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Màijia
    • Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: Mài-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mayjia
    • Palladius: Майцзя (Majczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: mahk gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-ka
    • Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: begkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bia̍k-ka
    • Tâi-lô: Bia̍k-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biagkaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-kee
    • Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

麥加

1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia; the holiest place in Islam)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 天方 (Tiānfāng)

Noun

麥加

1. (figurative) place many people wish to visit