Kathmandu in Chinese

加德满都

Jiā dé mǎn dōu

Capital of Nepal

The capital of Kathmandu (Nepal) is written in Chinese as 加德满都. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Jiā dé mǎn dōu — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

加Jiā
德dé
满mǎn
都dōu

加德满都 is written with 4 characters: 加 (Jiā), 德 (dé), 满 (mǎn), 都 (dōu). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Kathmandu.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference