阿爾巴尼亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿爾巴尼亞)		阿	爾	巴	尼	亞
simp. (阿尔巴尼亚)		阿	尔	巴	尼	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Albania. Attested since at least 1902.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ā'ěrbāníyà, Ā'ěrbāníyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): A-ní-pa-nî-a / A-jíⁿ-pa-nî-a

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ā'ěrbāníyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: A-ěrbaníyà
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-êrh³-pa¹-ni²-ya⁴
    • Yale: Ā-ěr-bā-ní-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aeelbaniyah
    • Palladius: Аэрбания (Aerbanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ā'ěrbāníyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: A-ěrbaníyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-êrh³-pa¹-ni²-ya³
    • Yale: Ā-ěr-bā-ní-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aeelbaniyea
    • Palladius: Аэрбания (Aerbanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³
    • Yale: a yíh bā nèih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ ji⁵ baa¹ nei⁴ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ yi⁵ ba¹ néi⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ jiː¹³ paː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹ aː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-ní-pa-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: A-ní-pa-nî-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: any'pani'af
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa³³ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-jíⁿ-pa-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: A-jínn-pa-nî-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ajvy'pani'af
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/

Proper noun

阿爾巴尼亞

1. Albania (a country in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

• 阿爾巴尼亞人／阿尔巴尼亚人 (Ā'ěrbāníyà rén)
• 阿爾巴尼亞語／阿尔巴尼亚语 (Ā'ěrbāníyàyǔ)