西撒哈拉

西撒哈拉

Chinese

		west	Sahara
simp. and trad. (西撒哈拉)		西	撒哈拉

Etymology

Calque of English West Sahara.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xī Sāhālā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ saat³ haa¹ laai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): Se-sat-hah-la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Xī Sāhālā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shi Sahalha
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ saat³ haa¹ laai¹
    • Yale: sāi saat hā lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ sad³ ha¹ lai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ säːt̚³ häː⁵⁵ läːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-sat-hah-la
    • Tâi-lô: Se-sat-hah-la
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sesathahlaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha(ʔ)⁵ la³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² sat̚³²⁻⁵ ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ la⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² sat̚³²⁻⁴ ha(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ la⁴⁴/

Proper noun

西撒哈拉

1. Western Sahara (a territory in northern Africa)