加拿大

Chinese
phonetic
simp. and trad.
(加拿大)		 加 拿 大

Etymology 1

Attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] as 加拿大國／加拿大国, referring to the French colony within the larger territory of New France.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

加拿大

  1. Canada (a country in North America)
    為什麼那麼多移民選擇加拿大？ [MSC, trad.]
    为什么那么多移民选择加拿大？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wèishénme nàme duō yímín xuǎnzé Jiānádà? [Pinyin]
    Why do so many migrants choose Canada?
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 加拿大 (“Canada”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 加拿大
Mandarin Taiwan 加拿大, 加國
Cantonese Hong Kong 加拿大, 加國
Taishan 加拿大
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 加拿大
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 加拿大
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 加拿大
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 加拿大
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 加拿大
Southern Min Xiamen 加拿大
Quanzhou 加拿大
Zhangzhou 加拿大
Manila (Hokkien) 加拿大
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (加拿大):
  • → Vietnamese: Gia Nã Đại (加拿大)

Others:

Etymology 2

Pun on the near-homophone 胳肋底 (gaak3 laak6-1 dai2).

Pronunciation

Noun

加拿大

  1. (Cantonese, humorous) armpit (Classifier: 個／个 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 胳肢窩 (“armpit; underarm”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 腋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 腋窩, 腋下
Mandarin Beijing 胳肢窩
Taiwan 胳肢窩, 腋下
Ulanhot 胳肢窩
Tongliao 胳肢窩
Chifeng 胳肢窩
Bayanhot 胳旯窩
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 胳肢窩
Harbin 膈肢窩, 胳肢窩, 胳臼窩
Shenyang 胳肢窩, 胳肢窩兒
Yantai (Muping) 夾肘窩
Qingdao 夾肘窩
Jinan 胳肢窩, 胳肢脖 Hui
Luoyang 圪老知兒, 圪知窩
Wanrong 胳肘窩
Zhengzhou 膈老肢兒
Xi'an 胳肢窩
Yinchuan 胳勒窩, 胳勒叉
Lanzhou 胳肘窪
Xining 胳皂窪
Ürümqi 胳澇窪
Wuhan 脅下窩
Chengdu 夾肢窩兒, 夾窩兒
Guiyang 夾肢窩
Guilin 膈肢窩
Liuzhou 膈肢窩
Xuzhou 膈肢兒, 膈肢窩兒, 膈肢窩
Yangzhou 夾乍窩
Nanjing 膈夾窩
Hefei 胳撓肢
Nantong 胳肢窩
Cantonese Guangzhou 胳肋底
Hong Kong 胳肋底, 加拿大 humorous
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 胳肋底
Foshan 胳肋底
Foshan (Shunde) 胳肋底
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 胳肋底
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 胳肋底
Taishan 胳肋
Kaiping (Chikan) 胳肋
Dongguan 肋赤下
Shaoguan 胳肋底
Yunfu 胳肋
Yangjiang 胳肋
Lianjiang 胳肋底
Nanning 胳肋底, 胳肋
Wuzhou 胳肋底, 胳肋
Yulin 肋仄
Hepu (Lianzhou) 胳肋肢窩
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 胳肋底
Gan Nanchang 脅夾裡, 胛下裡, 胛下
Lichuan 胳摘窩
Pingxiang 脅牯
Hakka Meixian 脅下, 手脅, 脅
Xingning 脅下
Huidong (Daling) 肋赤下
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 手夾下
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 脅下
Changting 手脅下
Wuping 手脅子下
Wuping (Pingyu) 手脅下
Ninghua 脅赤腳下
Yudu 手脅下
Ruijin 手脅下
Shicheng 脅下
Shangyou (Shexi) 手脅下
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手脅下, 脅下
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手脅下, 脅下
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手脅下, 脅下
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 脅下
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手脅下, 脅下
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手脅下, 脅下
Hong Kong 肋赤下
Luchuan (Daqiao) 手夾
Sabah (Longchuan) 肋赤下
Senai (Huiyang) 肋赤下
Singkawang 脅下
Huizhou Jixi 膈辣下
Jin Taiyuan 膈離間, 膈夾窩
Xinzhou 胳正窩兒
Taibus (Baochang) 胳肢窩
Linhe 圪嶗子窩
Jining 膈老肢窩
Hohhot 胳肢窩
Baotou 胳老肢窩
Dongsheng 膈肢窩
Haibowan 胳肘窩
Northern Min Jian'ou 胳肢下
Songxi 胳鹿下
Zhenghe 胳鹿下
Jianyang 胳肢下
Wuyishan 胳肢下
Pucheng (Shibei) 胳鹿下
Eastern Min Fuzhou 胳腋下
Changle 胳腋下
Fuqing 胳腋下
Yongtai 胳腋下
Gutian 胳腋下
Fu'an 胳腋下
Shouning 胳腋下
Zhouning 胳腋下
Fuding 胳腋下
Southern Min Xiamen 胳下空, 胳耳空
Quanzhou 胳下空, 胳下胴
Jinjiang 胳下胴
Zhangzhou 胳下空, 都知
Taipei 胳下空, 胳胴跤
New Taipei (Sanxia) 胳胴跤
Kaohsiung 胳耳空
Yilan 胳胴跤
Changhua (Lukang) 胳下空
Taichung 胳胴跤
Taichung (Wuqi) 胳下胴
Tainan 胳下空, 胳耳空
Taitung 胳耳空
Hsinchu 胳下胴
Kinmen 胳下空
Penghu (Magong) 胳下空
Penang (Hokkien) ketiak
Manila (Hokkien) 胳下胴
Chaozhou 胳囊下
Shantou 胳囊下
Haifeng 胳當下
Leizhou 膈胳
Wenchang 胛胳
Haikou 胛胳
Puxian Min Putian 膈攬下
Xianyou 膈肋下
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 胳囊下
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 胳肋底
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 膈肢窩
Wu Shanghai 胳肋竹, 胳肢窩
Shanghai (Chongming) 胳落
Suzhou 膈臘子
Danyang 夾肢窩, 夾肢下
Hangzhou 肋膈肢底下
Ningbo 肋膈肢下
Wenzhou 脟扎下
Jinhua 膈肋下
Xiang Changsha 脅肋窩, 脅夾窩, 胳肢窩
Xiangtan 脅納窩裡
Loudi 脅旯旮
Shuangfeng 脅角納, 脅角納裡
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