Spain in Chinese

西班牙

Xī bān yá

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Spain is written in Chinese as 西班牙. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Xī bān yá — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

西Xī
班bān
牙yá

西班牙 is written with 3 characters: 西 (Xī), 班 (bān), 牙 (yá). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Spain.

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Chinese rendering follows standard transliteration conventions · for reference