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奈及利亞

奈及利亞

See also: 奈及利亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (奈及利亞)		奈	及	利	亞
simp. (奈及利亚)		奈	及	利	亚

Proper noun

奈及利亞

(chiefly Taiwan) Nigeria

Synonyms

尼日利亞／尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà)

Etymology

Borrowing from English Nigeria.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Nàijílìyà, Nàijílìyǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄋㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ kap⁶ lei⁶ aa³
Min Nan (POJ): Nāi-ki̍p-lī-a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: Nàijílìyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nayjyilihyah
  - IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯a̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Nàijílìyǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nayjyilihyea
  - IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ li⁵¹ i̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ kap⁶ lei⁶ aa³
  - Yale: noih kahp leih a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ kap⁹ lei⁶ aa³
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² kʰɐp̚² lei̯²² ɑː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nāi-ki̍p-lī-a
  - Tâi-lô: Nāi-ki̍p-lī-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixkiblixaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /naɪ³³⁻¹¹ kip̚⁴⁻³² li³³⁻¹¹ a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /naɪ³³⁻²¹ kip̚⁴⁻³² li³³⁻²¹ a⁴⁴/