巴拿馬

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): ㄅㄚ ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄚˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bānámǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄋㄚˊ 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 Neipu)
    • 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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)