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尼加拉瓜

尼加拉瓜

Chinese

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

Proper noun

尼加拉瓜

Nicaragua

Etymology

Borrowing from English Nicaragua.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Níjiālāguā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
Min Nan (POJ): Nî-ka-la-koa / Nî-ka-lá-koa / Nî-kee-la-koa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Níjiālāguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄌㄚㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nijialhagua
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ la̠⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
  - Yale: nèih gā lāai gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ gaa¹ laai¹ gwaa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ kɑː⁵⁵ lɑːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-la-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-la-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kala'koaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ni²⁴⁻²² ka³³ la³³ kua³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ni²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-ka-lá-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-ka-lá-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ni'kalafkoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /ni²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nî-kee-la-koa
  - Tâi-lô: Nî-kee-la-kua
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ni¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/