撒哈拉

撒哈拉

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sahara.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sāhālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ haa¹ laai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Sāhālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sahalha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sahala
    • IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ haa¹ laai¹
    • Yale: saat hā lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ ha¹ lai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːt̚³ häː⁵⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

撒哈拉

1. (～沙漠) Sahara

Derived terms

西撒哈拉 (Xī Sāhālā)