危地馬拉

See also: 危地马拉

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (危地馬拉)		危	地	馬	拉
simp. (危地马拉)		危	地	马	拉

Etymology

Attested as early as 1844 in 萬國地理全集 by German missionary Karl Gützlaff. For the use of the character 危 (wēi) to transcribe the first syllable of Guatemala, compare 危尼, the translation of Guinea in the same work.

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wēidìmǎlā, Wéidìmǎlā

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ dei⁶ maa⁵ laai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gûi-tē-má-la

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wēidìmǎlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weidìmǎla
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-ti⁴-ma³-la¹
  - Yale: wēi-dì-mǎ-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueidihmaalha
  - Palladius: вэйдимала (vɛjdimala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wéidìmǎlā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéidìmǎla
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-ti⁴-ma³-la¹
  - Yale: wéi-dì-mǎ-lā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weidihmaalha
  - Palladius: вэйдимала (vɛjdimala)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ti⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ dei⁶ maa⁵ laai¹
  - Yale: ngàih deih máh lāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ dei⁶ maa⁵ laai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ déi⁶ ma⁵ lai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ tei̯²² maː¹³ laːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gûi-tē-má-la
  - Tâi-lô: Guî-tē-má-la
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gui'dexmaflaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² te⁴¹⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ la³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ la⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ la⁴⁴/

Proper noun

危地馬拉

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Guatemala (a country in Central America)
- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 10, page 6:
  
  迨墨西哥畔西班牙，危地馬拉附墨西哥。後墨西哥廢國王，危地馬拉於道光四年自立為國，不屬於墨西哥。近年分為五國，各推官司理事，不立國王。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  迨墨西哥畔西班牙，危地马拉附墨西哥。后墨西哥废国王，危地马拉于道光四年自立为国，不属于墨西哥。近年分为五国，各推官司理事，不立国王。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Dài Mòxīgē pàn Xībānyá, Wēidìmǎlā fù Mòxīgē. Hòu Mòxīgē fèi guówáng, Wēidìmǎlā yú Dàoguāng sì nián zìlì wéi guó, bù shǔyú Mòxīgē. Jìnnián fēn wéi wǔ guó, gè tuī guānsī lǐshì, bù lì guówáng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 掘地孖罅 (Juédìmāxià)

Dialectal synonyms of 危地馬拉 (“Guatemala”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瓜地馬拉, 瓜國
Cantonese	Hong Kong	危地馬拉, 危國
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓜地馬拉
Southern Min	Xiamen	危地馬拉
	Quanzhou	危地馬拉
	Zhangzhou	危地馬拉

Derived terms

危地馬拉城 / 危地马拉城
危地馬拉市 / 危地马拉市