古巴

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (古巴)		古	巴

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba. First attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² baa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kó͘-pa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔba
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-pa¹
    • Yale: Gǔ-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guuba
    • Palladius: Губа (Guba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² baa¹
    • Yale: gú bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kó͘-pa
    • Tâi-lô: Kóo-pa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofpaf
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴/

Proper noun

古巴

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
   • 1623, 艾儒略 [Giulio Alenio], 職方外紀, volume 4, page 15:

     兩亞墨利加之島，不可勝數。其大者為小以西把尼亞，為古巴，為牙賣加等，氣候大抵多熱，草木開花，終歲不斷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     两亚墨利加之岛，不可胜数。其大者为小以西把尼亚，为古巴，为牙卖加等，气候大抵多热，草木开花，终岁不断。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Liǎng Yàmòlìjiā zhī dǎo, bùkěshèngshǔ. Qí dà zhě wéi Xiǎoyǐxībǎníyà, wéi Gǔbā, wéi Yámàijiā děng, qìhòu dàdǐ duō rè, cǎomù kāihuā, zhōngsuì bùduàn. [Pinyin]

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