Nigeria in Chinese

尼日利亚

Ní rì lì yà

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Nigeria is written in Chinese as 尼日利亚. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Ní rì lì yà — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

尼Ní
日rì
利lì
亚yà

尼日利亚 is written with 4 characters: 尼 (Ní), 日 (rì), 利 (lì), 亚 (yà). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Nigeria.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference