World and People

1. World Atlas = 100 Words for People and Places

Major Chinese Cites

	English	Cantonese	Comments	Char (Trad)
501	Beijing	bak ging	10% ‘k’. Aka: Peking	北京
502	Shanghai	sheurng hoi		上海
503	Guangzhou	gon(g) zhao		广州
504	Chengdu	sing dOu		成都市
505	ChongQing	chung hing	The world’s largest city – Population = 30 million +	重庆
506	Dali	daI lAi	In Yunnan Province	大理
507	Daliang	daI lin	Alt (Foshanwah) “daI l’yowng”	大量
508	Kunming	kwan ming		昆明市
509	Foshan	f’san	Alt: ‘namhoiwah’ = ‘fou(r) san [10% ‘r’]; HK = ‘fu shan’. Local: “f’san-nah!”	佛山
510	Hong Kong	heurng gon(g)	20% ‘g’	香港
511	Hangzhou	ho’un(g) zhao	10% ‘g’ – but carries through to the ‘zhao’. ‘hun-g’zhao’ via nasal ‘ng’ sound. Very Difficult!	杭州
512	Lhasa	lAi saat		拉萨
513	Macao	au mun	Also spelt ‘Macau’	澳门 (澳門)
514	Nanjing	naam ging	‘ging’ as in “Gingham” fabric	南京
516	Sanya	san aa		三亚
a	Shenzhen	sum-jun	The centre of Shenzhen is Luo Hu (Lo Wu) 罗湖; (羅湖)	深圳
517	Wuxi	mou sek		无锡 (無錫)
518	Xi’an	sAi on	Home of the Terracotta Warriors	西安
519	Xiamen	haa mun	Aka: Amoy	厦门 (廈門)
520	Tai Bei	toi bak	10% ‘k’. Capital of Taiwan Island. Aka: Tai Pai	台北

Note:

v Although appearing somewhat strange at first, most Chinese cities have names based upon cardinal points, rivers etc. Therefore, if you know these basic words, Chinese cities become a lot easier to remember

v Mandarin (Simplified) Chinese characters have been mainly used. Cantonese (Traditional) characters are given in brackets where appropriate

v 市 ‘CEE’ means city, usage optional

v 门 or 門 means gate and door, and may be considered to mean port

10 Words for Foreign Cities

521	Bangkok	mon(g) gok		曼谷
522	Hollywood	hO lAi wut	These are places important to Cantonese people	好莱坞
523	Kuala Lumpur	gat lung bO		吉隆坡
524	London	lun-dun		伦敦
525	Manila	mun E ah
526	New York	now yeuk		纽约
527	Paris	bah-lAi		巴黎
528	Rome	lo-maa		罗马
529	Sydney	sic nEE		悉尼
530	Tokyo	don(g) ging		东京

20 Words for Foreign Countries’

531	Africa	fei zhao		非洲
532	Arabia	ah laai baak		沙特阿拉伯
533	Australia	au dIe lAi aa	Alt HK: ou zhao	澳大利亚
534	Brazil	bah CEE		巴西
535	Canada	ga lah dIe		加拿大
536	England	ying gaa laan		英格兰
537	Europe	au zhao		欧洲
538	France	faat gwok		法国
539	Germany	dut gwok		德国
540	India	jan dou		印度
541	Ireland	oi-er laan		爱尔兰
542	Italy	yEE dIe lAi		意大利
543	Japan	yut boon		日本
544	Korea (South)	hon gwok		韩国
	Korea (North)	zhiU sin		朝鮮
545	Mongolia	mun(g) goo		蒙古
546	Pakistan	baa gAi CEE taan		巴基斯坦
547	Russia	ngo lo CEE		俄罗斯
548	Spain	sAi baan ngaa		西班牙
549	Thailand	tIe gwok		泰国
550	USA	mAi gwok		美国

20 Words for Foreigners

美国美国

551	African	fei zhao yun		非洲人
552	Arab	ah laai baak yun		阿拉伯人
553	Australian	ou zhao yun		澳大利亚人
554	Brazilian	bah CEE yun		巴西人
555	Canadian	ga lah dIe yun		加拿大人
556	English (British)	ying gaa laan yun	Full = ‘yiEng’ with 10% ‘E’ and 5% ‘g’	英国人
557	European	au zhao yun		欧洲人
558	French	faat gwok yun		法国人
559	German	dut gwok yun		德国人
560	Indian	jan dou yun		印度人
561	Irish	oi-er laan yun		爱尔兰人
562	Italian	yEE dIe lAi yun		意大利人
563	Japanese	yut boon yun		日本人
564	Korea (South)	hon gwok yun		韩国人
	Korea (North)	zhiU sin yun		朝鮮人
565	Mongolian	mun(g) goo yun		蒙古人
566	Pakistan	baa gAi CEE taan yun		巴基斯坦人
567	Russian	ngo lo CEE yun		俄国人
568	Spanish	sAi baan ngaa yun		西班牙人
569	Thai	tIe gwok yun		泰国人
570	USA American	mAi gwok yun		美国人

Note:

v These are simply the country name with ‘yun’ meaning person added

10 Important Additions

571	Vietnam	yut laam		越南
572	The Philippines	fAi le ba-un		菲律賓
573	Nepal	nAi bok gEE		尼泊爾
574	Indonesia	yan nAi		印尼
575	Singapore	san gaa bO		新加坡
576	Han Chinese	hon zhuk		漢族
577	Ethnic Chinese	waa jeio	Not Han, but part of the Chinese Peoples	華裔
578	Caucasian	bak guI	General term: means: White Ghost.	鬼佬
579	Negro	haak guI	General term: means: Black Ghost	黑佬
580	Latin / Hispanic person	lAi ding man zuk	General term: means:	拉丁民族

Provinces and Administrative regions of China

581	Anhui	fn fAi		安徽
582	Fu Jian	fuk ging		福建
583	Gan Su	gam suk		甘肃
584	Guangdong	gong do-ung	Alt : ‘yut’ meaning Cantonese or Guangdong	广东 (粵)
585	Guizhou	gwAi zhao		贵州
586	Heilongjiang	hak lo-ung gong		黑龙江
587	Hebei	hO baak		河北
588	Henan	hO naam		河南
589	Hubei	wu baak		湖北
590	Hunan	wu naam		湖南
591	Jilin	gat laam		吉林
592	Jiang Su	gong sou		江苏
593	Jiang Xi	gong sIe		江西
594	Qing Hai	cing hoi saang		青海
595	Liao Ning	liU ning		辽宁
596	Shanxi	saan sAi		山西
597	Shaanxi	sim sAi		陕西
598	Shandong	san do-ung		山东
599	Sichuan	sAi cyUn		四川
600	Yunnan	wan naam		云南
600+	Zhe Jiang	Zit gong		浙江
	Municipalities		Read: Regionally self-Governing Metropolitan Areas
	Beijing	bak ging		北京
	Shanghai	sheurng hoi		上海
	Chongqing	chung hing		重庆
	Autonomous Regions
	Guangxi	gong sIe	Properly: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	广西
	Inner Mongolia	noi mung goo	Properly: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	内蒙古
	Ning Xia	ning haa	Properly: Ning Xia Hui Autonomous Region	宁夏
	Xin Jiang	san goeng	Properly: Xin Jiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	新疆
	Tibet	sIe zhong	Properly: Tibet Autonomous Region	西藏
	SAR’s		Special Administrative Region’s	特备行政区
	Hong Kong	heurng gon(g)	港版 ‘gong baan’ mean ‘of Hong Kong’	香港
	Macao	au mun		澳门
	Listed Separately:		We endeavour to be ‘apolitical’
	Hainan Island	hoi naam	Historically part of Guangdong and North Vietnam (Yut Peoples). Now part of Guangxi	海南
	Taiwan	toi won	Aka: Formosa	台湾

Map

Map courtesy of Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_China

We will continue with some names for flora and fauna in chapter 7