嘉罅寬

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (嘉罅寬)		嘉	罅	寬
simp. (嘉罅宽)		嘉	罅	宽
alternative forms		加罅寬／加罅宽

Etymology

Borrowed from English California, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiāxiàkuān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ laa³ fun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāxiàkuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiasiàkuan
  - Wade–Giles: Chia¹-hsia⁴-kʻuan¹
  - Yale: Jyā-syà-kwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiashiahkuan
  - Palladius: Цзясякуань (Czjasjakuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ kʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ laa³ fun¹
  - Yale: gā la fūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ laa³ fun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ la³ fun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ laː³³ fuːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

嘉罅寬

(～省) (dated) California (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

加利福尼亞／加利福尼亚 (Jiālìfúníyà)

References

Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎^[1], page 7