How do you say Siem Reap in Chinese?

Siem Reap in Chinese is 暹粒, pronounced Xiān lì in Mandarin pinyin.

What is the Chinese name for Siem Reap?

The standard Chinese name for Siem Reap (Cambodia) is 暹粒 (Xiān lì).

Siem Reap in Chinese

暹粒

Xiān lì

City in Cambodia

The city of Siem Reap (Cambodia) is written in Chinese as 暹粒. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Xiān lì — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

暹Xiān

粒lì

暹粒 is written with 2 characters: 暹 (Xiān), 粒 (lì). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Siem Reap.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference