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		phonetic
simp. and trad. (西班牙)		西	班	牙

西班牙

Sino-Xenic (西班牙):

Borrowing from English Spain. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 西班牙.

西班牙 ‎(katakana スペイン, romaji Supein)

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西	班	牙

西班牙

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xībānyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄅㄢㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shibanya
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pa̠n⁵⁵ i̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ baan¹ ngaa⁴
  - Yale: sāi bāan ngàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ baan¹ ngaa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ pɑːn⁵⁵ ŋɑː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-pân-ngà
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ ban´ ngaˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ ban¹ nga²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ pan²⁴ ŋa¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-băng-ngà
  - IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^(p-)βaŋ⁵⁵ ŋa⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-pan-gâ
  - Tâi-lô: Se-pan-gâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'pan'gaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴⁻²² ga²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ pan³³ ga²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ga²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴⁻³³ ga²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-pan-gêe
  - Tâi-lô: Se-pan-gêe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴⁻²² gɛ¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xi pe nga (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pᴇ³³ ŋᴀ²¹/