尼加拉瓜

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (尼加拉瓜)		尼	加	拉	瓜

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nicaragua.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Níjiālāguā
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Nì-kâ-lâ-kôa
Min Nan (POJ): Nî-ka-la-koa / Nî-kee-la-koa / Nî-ka-lá-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Níjiālāguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nijialhagua
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Níjialagua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ kwä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
  - Yale: nèih gā lāai gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ga¹ lai¹ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ käː⁵⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵ kʷäː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nì-kâ-lâ-kôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: niˇ ga´ la´ gua´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ni² ga¹ la¹ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ni¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ la²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-la-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-la-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kala'koaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ka³³ la³³ kua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-kee-la-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-kee-la-kua
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-lá-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-lá-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kalafkoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

尼加拉瓜

Nicaragua