Canada in Chinese

加拿大

Jiā ná dà

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Canada is written in Chinese as 加拿大. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Jiā ná dà — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

加Jiā
拿ná
大dà

加拿大 is written with 3 characters: 加 (Jiā), 拿 (ná), 大 (dà). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Canada.

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