象牙海岸

Chinese

		elephant tusk; ivory	coast; seashore
simp. and trad. (象牙海岸)		象牙	海岸

Etymology

Calque of French Côte d'Ivoire.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ hoi² ngon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ ㄏㄞˇ ㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianqya Haeann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ i̯ä³⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ hoi² ngon⁶
  - Yale: jeuhng ngàh hói ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴ hoi² ngon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ nga⁴ hoi² ngon⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²² ŋäː²¹ hɔːy̯³⁵ ŋɔːn²²/

Proper noun

象牙海岸

(dated, still used in Taiwan) Ivory Coast

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 科特迪瓦 (Kētèdíwǎ)

Derived terms

象牙海岸共和國／象牙海岸共和国 (Xiàngyá Hǎi'àn Gònghéguó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
象	牙	海	岸
ぞう Grade: 4	げ Grade: S	かい Grade: 2	がん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 象牙海岸, compound of 象牙 (zōge, “elephant tusk”) +‎ 海岸 (kaigan, “coast”), calque of French Côte d'Ivoire

Proper noun

象牙海岸 (hiragana ぞうげかいがん, rōmaji Zōge Kaigan)

(obsolete) Synonym of コートジボワール (Kōto Jibowāru, “Côte d'Ivoire”); Ivory Coast

See also

象 (ぞう)牙 (げ)海 (かい)岸 (がん)共 (きょう)和 (わ)国 (こく) (Zōge Kaigan Kyōwakoku)

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