巴拿馬

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See also: 巴拿马

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (巴拿馬)		巴	拿	馬
simp. (巴拿马)		巴	拿	马

Etymology

Borrowed from English Panama. Attested as early as 1844 in 萬國地理全集 by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bānámǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ naa⁴ maa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pâ-nâ-mâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pa-ná-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bānámǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Banámǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Pa¹-na²-ma³
  - Yale: Bā-ná-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Banamaa
  - Palladius: Банама (Banama)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ nä³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ naa⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: bā nàh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ naa⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ na⁴ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː⁵⁵ naː²¹ maː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pâ-nâ-mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˊ na^ˊ ma^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba¹ na¹ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴⁻¹¹ na²⁴⁻¹¹ ma²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-ná-má
  - Tâi-lô: Pa-ná-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: panafmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa³³ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

Proper noun

巴拿馬

Panama (a country in Central America)
- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 7:
  
  米利堅至中國，道途之紆遠，阻於巴拿馬片土。若疏以通舟，則西行而抵中國之東，水程當減三萬餘里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  米利坚至中国，道途之纡远，阻于巴拿马片土。若疏以通舟，则西行而抵中国之东，水程当减三万余里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Mǐlìjiān zhì Zhōngguó, dàotú zhī yūyuǎn, zǔ yú Bānámǎ piàn tǔ. Ruò shū yǐ tōngzhōu, zé xīxíng ér dǐ Zhōngguó zhī dōng, shuǐchéng dāng jiǎn sān wàn yú lǐ.
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Synonyms

巴國／巴国 (Bāguó)

Derived terms

巴拿馬城／巴拿马城 (Bānámǎ Chéng)
巴拿馬市／巴拿马市 (Bānámǎ Shì)
巴拿馬運河／巴拿马运河 (Bānámǎ Yùnhé)

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