aa3 mei5 nei4 aa3阿美尼亞阿美尼亚
Jyutpingaa3 mei5 nei4 aa3
Yalea méih nèih a
Definition
Armenia; a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia.
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How it's used
Geographic names ending in 'ia' are often transliterated with '亞' in Cantonese. This character is also used for other countries like 俄羅斯 or 澳洲, though it is specifically a phonetic marker here rather than carrying its literal meaning of 'second' or 'inferior'.
Examples
Do you know where Armenia is?
I really want to go travel to Armenia.
Related words
Common phrases
Armenian people
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
