麥加

See also: 麦加

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (麥加)		麥	加
simp. (麦加)		麦	加

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَّة (makka)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Màijiā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ gaa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Be̍k-ka / Bia̍k-ka / Be̍k-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Màijiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Màijia
  - Wade–Giles: Mai⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: Mài-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mayjia
  - Palladius: Майцзя (Majczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: mahk gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² kaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-ka
  - Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: begkaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴⁻³² ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bia̍k-ka
  - Tâi-lô: Bia̍k-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biagkaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biak̚²⁴⁻² ka³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Be̍k-kee
  - Tâi-lô: Bi̍k-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

麥加

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia; the holiest place in Islam)

Synonyms

(obsolete) 天方 (Tiānfāng)

Noun

麥加

(figurative) place many people wish to visit

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