Asmara in Chinese

阿斯马拉

Ā sī mǎ lā

Capital of Eritrea

The capital of Asmara (Eritrea) is written in Chinese as 阿斯马拉. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Ā sī mǎ lā — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

阿Ā
斯sī
马mǎ
拉lā

阿斯马拉 is written with 4 characters: 阿 (Ā), 斯 (sī), 马 (mǎ), 拉 (lā). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Asmara.

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