Egypt in Chinese

埃及

Āi jí

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Egypt is written in Chinese as 埃及. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Āi jí — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

埃Āi
及jí

埃及 is written with 2 characters: 埃 (Āi), 及 (jí). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Egypt.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference