"撒哈拉" meaning in Chinese

See 撒哈拉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/, /sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/, /saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: Sāhālā [Mandarin, Pinyin], Sǎhālā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saat³ haa¹ laai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Sāhālā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], Sahala [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], Sa¹-ha¹-la¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], Sā-hā-lā [Mandarin, Yale, standard], Sahalha [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], Сахала [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], Saxala [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], Sǎhālā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], Sǎhala [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], Sa³-ha¹-la¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], Sǎ-hā-lā [Mandarin, Yale, standard], Saahalha [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], saat hā lāai [Cantonese, Yale], saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sad³ ha¹ lai¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Sahara. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|en|Sahara}} English Sahara Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 撒哈拉
  1. (~沙漠) Sahara Derived forms: 撒哈拉以南非洲 (Sǎhālā Yǐnán Fēizhōu), 撒哈拉沙漠 (Sāhālā Shāmò), 西撒哈拉
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Sahara.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "撒哈拉",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Deserts",
          "orig": "zh:Deserts",
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        }
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      "derived": [
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          "roman": "Sǎhālā Yǐnán Fēizhōu",
          "word": "撒哈拉以南非洲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Sāhālā Shāmò",
          "word": "撒哈拉沙漠"
        },
        {
          "word": "西撒哈拉"
        }
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        "Sahara"
      ],
      "id": "en-撒哈拉-zh-name-v~TRIfaI",
      "links": [
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          "~沙漠",
          "撒哈拉沙漠#Chinese"
        ],
        [
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          "Sahara"
        ]
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sāhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat³ haa¹ laai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sāhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sahala"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sa¹-ha¹-la¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sā-hā-lā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sahalha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Сахала"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Saxala"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhala"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sa³-ha¹-la¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎ-hā-lā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Saahalha"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat hā lāai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sad³ ha¹ lai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "撒哈拉"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Sǎhālā Yǐnán Fēizhōu",
      "word": "撒哈拉以南非洲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sāhālā Shāmò",
      "word": "撒哈拉沙漠"
    },
    {
      "word": "西撒哈拉"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Sahara.",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
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        "Chinese terms derived from English",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 哈",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 拉",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 撒",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proper nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Deserts"
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          "Sahara"
        ]
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        "(~沙漠) Sahara"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sāhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat³ haa¹ laai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sāhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sahala"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sa¹-ha¹-la¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sā-hā-lā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sahalha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Сахала"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Saxala"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhālā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄚˇ ㄏㄚ ㄌㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎhala"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sa³-ha¹-la¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Sǎ-hā-lā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Saahalha"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat hā lāai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ haa¹ laai¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sad³ ha¹ lai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä⁵⁵ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xä⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ haː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "撒哈拉"
}

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