加拿大

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (加拿大)		加	拿	大

Etymology

Borrowed from English Canada.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiānádà

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ na³ ai^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kâ-nâ-thai
• Min Dong (BUC): Gă-nā-dâi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Ka-ná-tāi / Kee-ná-tāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia¹ na² dai⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): ka na da (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Jiānádà
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianadah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jianádà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ nä³⁵ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶
    • Yale: gā nàh daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ na⁴ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /käː⁵⁵ näː²¹ täːi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹ na³ ai^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³ ⁿda²² ai³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kâ-nâ-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ na´ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ na¹ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gă-nā-dâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁵⁻²¹ nˡa³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ka-ná-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: Ka-ná-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanafdai
    • IPA (Philippines): /ka³³ na⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kee-ná-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: Kee-ná-tāi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia¹ na² dai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia ná tăi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³³⁻²³ na⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ka na da (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka̱⁵⁵ na̱³³ d̻a̱²¹/

Proper noun

加拿大

1. Canada (a country in North America)

   為什麼那麼多移民選擇加拿大？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么那么多移民选择加拿大？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme nàme duō yímín xuǎnzé Jiānádà? [Pinyin]

   Why do so many migrants choose Canada?

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) 加 (Jiā)
• (short form) 加國／加国 (Jiāguó)
• (obsolete) 坎拿大
• (derogatory) 加麻大 (Jiāmádà)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: Gyahnazda