達荷美

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (達荷美)		達	荷	美
simp. (达荷美)		达	荷	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dáhéměi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶ ho⁴ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dáhéměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dáhéměi
  - Wade–Giles: Ta²-ho²-mei³
  - Yale: Dá-hé-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Darhermeei
  - Palladius: Дахэмэй (Daxɛmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä³⁵ xɤ³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daat⁶ ho⁴ mei⁵
  - Yale: daaht hòh méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹ ho⁴ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dad⁶ ho⁴ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːt̚² hɔː²¹ mei̯¹³/

Proper noun

達荷美

(historical) Dahomey (a former kingdom in West Africa, existing from c. 1600–1904 and located in the southern part of present-day Benin)
(historical) Dahomey (former name of Benin: a country in West Africa; used from 1958–1975)