Phnom Penh in Chinese

金边

Jīn biān

Capital of Cambodia

The capital of Phnom Penh (Cambodia) is written in Chinese as 金边. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Jīn biān — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

金Jīn
边biān

金边 is written with 2 characters: 金 (Jīn), 边 (biān). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Phnom Penh.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference