亞美尼亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞美尼亞)		亞	美	尼	亞
simp. (亚美尼亚)		亚	美	尼	亚

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàměiníyà, Yǎměiníyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ mei⁵ nei⁴ aa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-bí-nî-a
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ia-me-gni-ia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàměiníyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàměiníyà
    • Wade–Giles: ya⁴-mei³-ni²-ya⁴
    • Yale: yà-měi-ní-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahmeeiniyah
    • Palladius: ямэйния (jamɛjnija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎměiníyǎ [Phonetic: yáměiníyǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎměiníyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-mei³-ni²-ya³
    • Yale: yǎ-měi-ní-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeameeiniyea
    • Palladius: ямэйния (jamɛjnija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ mei⁵ nei⁴ aa³
    • Yale: a méih nèih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ mei⁵ nei⁴ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ méi⁵ néi⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ mei̯¹³ nei̯²¹ aː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-bí-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: A-bí-nî-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'byni'af
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ia-me-gni-ia
    • MiniDict: ia^平 me nyi ia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ia-me-nyi-ia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵⁵ me³³ n̠ʲi³³ ia²¹/

Proper noun

亞美尼亞

1. Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)

See also

• (uncommon, dated): 亞美利亞／亚美利亚 (Yàměilìyǎ)