渥太華

See also: 渥太华

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (渥太華)		渥	太	華
simp. (渥太华)		渥	太	华

Etymology

Borrowed from English Ottawa.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wòtàihuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ taai³ waa⁴ / uk¹ taai³ waa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ok-thài-hôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wòtàihuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wòtàihuá
    • Wade–Giles: Wo⁴-tʻai⁴-hua²
    • Yale: Wò-tài-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wohtayhwa
    • Palladius: Вотайхуа (Votajxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ak¹ taai³ waa⁴ / uk¹ taai³ waa⁴
    • Yale: āk taai wàh / ūk taai wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ taai³ waa⁴ / uk⁷ taai³ waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ tai³ wa⁴ / ug¹ tai³ wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ waː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ok-thài-hôa
    • Tâi-lô: Ok-thài-huâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oktae'hoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ hua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ hua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ hua²³/

Proper noun

渥太華

1. Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)

Synonyms

• (short form) 渥市, 渥京 (Wòjīng)
• (obsolete) 柯度和 (Kēdùhé)