巴拉圭

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (巴拉圭)		巴	拉	圭

Etymology

Borrowed from English Paraguay.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bālāguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ laai¹ gwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-la-kui / Pa-lá-kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bālāguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Balaguei
    • Wade–Giles: Pa¹-la¹-kuei¹
    • Yale: Bā-lā-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Balhaguei
    • Palladius: Балагуй (Balaguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa¹ laai¹ gwai¹
    • Yale: bā lāai gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ laai¹ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ lai¹ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-la-kui
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-la-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pala'kuy
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² la⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ la³³ kui³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-lá-kui
    • Tâi-lô: Pa-lá-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: palafkuy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ la⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui⁴⁴/

Proper noun

巴拉圭

1. Paraguay (a country in South America)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 15:

     烏拉乖在巴拉圭之南，東界巴西，南距大西洋海，西北兩面界拉巴拉他，長一千二百五十里，廣一千三百里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乌拉乖在巴拉圭之南，东界巴西，南距大西洋海，西北两面界拉巴拉他，长一千二百五十里，广一千三百里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Wūlāguāi zài Bālāguī zhī nán, dōng jiè Bāxī, nán jù Dàxīyáng hǎi, xī běi liǎngmiàn jiè Lābālātā, cháng yīqiān èr bǎi wǔshí lǐ, guǎng yīqiān sān bǎi lǐ. [Pinyin]

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