嘉罅寬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嘉罅寬)		嘉	罅	寬
simp. (嘉罅宽)		嘉	罅	宽
alternative forms		加罅寬／加罅宽

Etymology

Borrowed from English California, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāxiàkuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ laa³ fun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāxiàkuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiasiàkuan
    • Wade–Giles: Chia¹-hsia⁴-kʻuan¹
    • Yale: Jyā-syà-kwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiashiahkuan
    • Palladius: Цзясякуань (Czjasjakuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ kʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ laa³ fun¹
    • Yale: gā la fūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ laa³ fun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ la³ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ laː³³ fuːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

嘉罅寬

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

Synonyms

• 加利福尼亞／加利福尼亚 (Jiālìfúníyà)

References

• Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎^[1], page 7