Cambodia in Chinese

柬埔寨

Jiǎn pǔ zhài

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Cambodia is written in Chinese as 柬埔寨. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Jiǎn pǔ zhài — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

柬Jiǎn
埔pǔ
寨zhài

柬埔寨 is written with 3 characters: 柬 (Jiǎn), 埔 (pǔ), 寨 (zhài). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Cambodia.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference