加利科你

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (加利科你)		加	利	科	你

Etymology

Borrowed from English California, via Cantonese.

Appears in the writing of Sun Yat-sen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiālìkēnǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜ ㄋㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ lei⁶ fo¹ nei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiālìkēnǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜ ㄋㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jialìkenǐ
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-li⁴-kʻo¹-ni³
    • Yale: Jyā-lì-kē-nǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jialihkenii
    • Palladius: Цзяликэни (Czjalikɛni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ni²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ lei⁶ fo¹ nei⁵
    • Yale: gā leih fō néih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ lei⁶ fo¹ nei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ léi⁶ fo¹ néi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ lei̯²² fɔː⁵⁵ nei̯¹³/

Proper noun

加利科你

1. (～省) (obsolete) California (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• 加利福尼亞／加利福尼亚 (Jiālìfúníyà)