寧夏

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	Western Xia
trad. (寧夏)		寧	夏
simp. (宁夏)		宁	夏

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Níngxià

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Нинщя (Ninxi͡a, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ haa⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Nèn-ha

(Hailu, HRS): nen ha^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): Nìng-hâ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): neng² ha⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Lêng-hā / Lêng-hēe

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ hê⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin-ya

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Níngxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Níngsià
  - Wade–Giles: Ning²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: Níng-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ningshiah
  - Palladius: Нинся (Ninsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Нинщя (Ninxi͡a, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ²⁴ ɕia⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: nìhng hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ haː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Nèn-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: nen^ˇ ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ ha⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nen ha^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /nen⁵⁵ ha³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Nìng-hâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ŋɑ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: neng² ha⁵ [Phonetic: neng⁴ ha⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Néng-hā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² ha¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: neng² ha⁵ [Phonetic: neng⁴ ha⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛŋ²⁴⁻⁴² ha²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-hā
  - Tâi-lô: Lîng-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengha
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-hēe
  - Tâi-lô: Lîng-hēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² hɛ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ hê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng hē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ he¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnin-ya
  - MiniDict: nyin^去 ya
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-hhia
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² ɦia⁴⁴/