阿壩
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See also: 阿坝
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿壩) | 阿 | 壩 | |
| simp. (阿坝) | 阿 | 坝 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Tibetan རྔ་བ (rnga ba).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄅㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Abà
- Wade–Giles: A1-pa4
- Yale: Ā-bà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Abah
- Palladius: Аба (Aba)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa3 baa3
- Yale: a ba
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 baa3
- Guangdong Romanization: a3 ba3
- Sinological IPA (key): /aː³³ paː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: a1 ba3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a pà
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³⁻²³ pa²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Proper noun
阿壩
- (～藏族羌族自治州, ～州) Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Aba (an autonomous prefecture of Sichuan, China)
- (～縣) Ngawa (a county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China)
Descendants
- → English: Aba