Baghdad in Chinese

巴格达

Bā gé dá

Capital of Iraq

The capital of Baghdad (Iraq) is written in Chinese as 巴格达. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Bā gé dá — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

巴格达 is written with 3 characters: (), (), (). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Baghdad.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference