柬埔寨

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (柬埔寨)		柬	埔	寨
simp. #(柬埔寨)		柬	埔	寨

Etymology

From Middle Khmer kambuja, kambujja, kaṃbūjja, kumvuja, kāmabūja, kaṃmbujja (“kingdom of the Kambuja”), ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja); compare Modern Khmer កម្ពុជ (kɑmpuc), Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǎnpǔzhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² bou³ zaai⁶, gaan² pou⁴ zaai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kián-phû-chhai
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kán-po͘-chē / Kán-phó͘-chē / Kán-pho͘-chēe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang² bou¹ zê⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁵ci-phu-za

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎnpǔzhài [Phonetic: jiánpǔzhài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎnpǔjhài
    • Wade–Giles: Chien³-pʻu³-chai⁴
    • Yale: Jyǎn-pǔ-jài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeanpuujay
    • Palladius: Цзяньпучжай (Czjanʹpučžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan² bou³ zaai⁶, gaan² pou⁴ zaai⁶
    • Yale: gáan bou jaaih, gáan pòuh jaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² bou³ dzaai⁶, gaan² pou⁴ dzaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan² bou³ zai⁶, gan² pou⁴ zai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ pou̯³³ t͡saːi̯²²/, /kaːn³⁵ pʰou̯²¹ t͡saːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kián-phû-chhai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian` pu´ cai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian³ pu¹ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯an³¹ pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán-po͘-chē
    • Tâi-lô: Kán-poo-tsē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnpoze
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡se²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán-phó͘-chē
    • Tâi-lô: Kán-phóo-tsē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafnphofze
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán-pho͘-chēe
    • Tâi-lô: Kán-phoo-tsēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɛ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang² bou¹ zê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káng pou tsē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pou³³⁻²³ t͡se¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-phu-za
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ²ji-phu-za
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³³ pʰu⁵⁵ za²¹/

Proper noun

柬埔寨

1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

• (short form) 柬國／柬国 (Jiǎnguó)
• (dated or regional) 高棉 (Gāomián)

Derived terms

• 柬埔寨人 (Jiǎnpǔzhàirén)
• 柬埔寨語／柬埔寨语

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: Genjbujcai

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柬	埔	寨
かん Hyōgaiji	ほ > ぼ Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字), from Chinese 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài).

Proper noun

柬埔寨(カンボジア) • (Kanbojia) 

1. Dated spelling of カンボジア (Kanbojia).: Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia)