How do you say Praia in Chinese?

Praia in Chinese is 普拉亚, pronounced Pǔ lā yà in Mandarin pinyin.

What is the Chinese name for Praia?

The standard Chinese name for Praia (Cape Verde) is 普拉亚 (Pǔ lā yà).

Praia in Chinese

普拉亚

Pǔ lā yà

Capital of Cape Verde

The capital of Praia (Cape Verde) is written in Chinese as 普拉亚. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Pǔ lā yà — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

普Pǔ

拉lā

亚yà

普拉亚 is written with 3 characters: 普 (Pǔ), 拉 (lā), 亚 (yà). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Praia.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference