馬達加斯加

See also: 马达加斯加

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (馬達加斯加)		馬	達	加	斯	加
simp. (马达加斯加)		马	达	加	斯	加

Etymology

From English Madagascar.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mǎdájiāsījiā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄙㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ daat⁶ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ma¹ tad⁶ ga¹ si¹ ga¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka / Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka / Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mo-daq-ka-sy-ka

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎdájiāsījiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄚㄙㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎdájiasihjia
  - Wade–Giles: Ma³-ta²-chia¹-ssŭ¹-chia¹
  - Yale: Mǎ-dá-jyā-sz̄-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maadarjiasyjia
  - Palladius: Мадацзясыцзя (Madaczjasyczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ daat⁶ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: máh daaht gā sī gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ daat⁹ gaa¹ si¹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ dad⁶ ga¹ xi¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ taːt̚² kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ma¹ tad⁶ ga¹ si¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ma⁴⁴ tʰat̚⁵ ka⁴⁴ sz̩⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka
  - Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-ka-su-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafdadkasu'kaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tat̚⁴⁻³² ka⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka
  - Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-ka-sir-ka
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tat̚²⁴⁻² ka³³ sɯ³³ ka³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
  - Tâi-lô: Má-ta̍t-kee-su-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mo-daq-ka-sy-ka
  - MiniDict: mo^去 dah ka sy ka
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mo-daq-ka-sr-ka
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo²² daʔ⁵⁵ ka³³ sz̩³³ ka²¹/

Proper noun

馬達加斯加

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)

Synonyms

(short form) 馬國／马国 (Mǎguó)