African Countries in Chinese Posted by sasha on Feb 9, 2016 in Vocabulary
We’ve been learning all the countries around the world in Chinese bit by bit over the past few months. Last month, I also wrote a post on how to talk about “Countries, Nationalities, and Languages” in Chinese. Now we’re heading to the continent with the most countries – Africa (非洲 – fēi zhōu).
There are 54 sovereign states in Africa, and here they all are in alphabetical order along with their Chinese names and pinyin transliterations:
English | Chinese | Pinyin |
Algeria | 阿尔及利亚 | Ā’ěr jí lì yǎ |
Angola | 安哥拉 | Ān gē lā |
Benin | 贝宁 | bèi níng |
Botswana | 博茨瓦纳 | bó cí wǎ nà |
Burkina Faso | 布基纳法索 | bù jī nà fǎ suǒ |
Burundi | 布隆迪 | bù lóng dí |
Cameroon | 喀麦隆 | kā mài lóng |
Cape Verde | 佛得角 | fú dé jiǎo |
Central African Republic | 中非共和国 | zhōng fēi gòng hé guó |
Chad | 乍得 | zhà dé |
Comoros | 科摩罗 | kē mó luó |
Congo, Republic of the | 刚果共和国 | gāng guǒ gòng hé guó |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 刚果民主共和国 | gāng guǒ mín zhǔ gòng hé guó |
Djibouti | 吉布提 | jíbùtí |
Egypt | 埃及 | Āi jí |
Equatorial Guinea | 赤道几内亚 | chì dào jǐ nèi yǎ |
Eritrea | 厄立特里亚 | È lì tè lǐ yǎ |
Ethiopia | 埃塞俄比亚 | Āi sāi é bǐ yǎ |
Gabon | 加蓬 | jiā péng |
Gambia | 冈比亚 | gāng bǐ yǎ |
Ghana | 加纳 | jiā nà |
Guinea | 几内亚 | jǐ nèi yǎ |
Guinea-Bissau | 几内亚比绍 | jǐ nèi yǎ bǐ shào |
Ivory Coast | 象牙海岸 | xiàng yá hǎi àn |
Kenya | 肯尼亚 | kěn ní yǎ |
Lesotho | 莱索托 | lái suǒ tuō |
Liberia | 利比里亚 | lì bǐ lǐ yǎ |
Libya | 利比亚 | lì bǐ yǎ |
Madagascar | 马达加斯加 | mǎ dá jiā sī jiā |
Malawi | 马拉维 | mǎ lā wéi |
Mali | 马里 | mǎ lǐ |
Mauritania | 毛里塔尼亚 | máo lǐ tǎ ní yǎ |
Mauritius | 毛里求斯 | máo lǐ qiú sī |
Morocco | 摩洛哥 | mó luò gē |
Mozambique | 莫桑比克 | mò sāng bǐ kè |
Namibia | 纳米比亚 | nà mǐ bǐ yǎ |
Niger | 尼日尔 | ní rì ěr |
Nigeria | 奈及利亞 | nài jí lì yǎ |
Rwanda | 卢旺达 | lú wàng dá |
Sao Tome and Principe | 圣多美和普林西比 | shèng duō měi hé pǔ lín xī bǐ |
Senegal | 塞内加尔 | sài nèi jiā ěr |
Seychelles | 塞舌尔 | sāi shé ěr |
Sierra Leone | 塞拉利昂 | sè lā lì áng |
Somalia | 索马利亚 | suǒ mǎ lǐ yǎ |
South Africa | 南非 | nán fēi |
South Sudan | 南苏丹 | nán sū dān |
Sudan | 苏丹 | sū dān |
Swaziland | 斯威士兰 | sī wēi shì lán |
Tanzania | 坦桑尼亚 | tǎn sāng ní yǎ |
Togo | 多哥 | duō gē |
Tunisia | 突尼斯 | tú ní sī |
Uganda | 乌干达 | wū gān dá |
Zambia | 赞比亚 | zàn bǐ yǎ |
Zimbabwe | 辛巴威 | xīn bā wēi |
There are about 1 million Chinese people who now live in Africa, and trade between China and the continent is expected to be worth upwards of $200 billion. Obviously, the relationship between China and Africa is quite important and growing more so with each passing year. So, what do ordinary Chinese people think of Africa? Check out this interesting video to see what three young Chinese who have never been there think of the continent:
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About the Author: sasha
Sasha is an English teacher, writer, photographer, and videographer from the great state of Michigan. Upon graduating from Michigan State University, he moved to China and spent 5+ years living, working, studying, and traveling there. He also studied Indonesian Language & Culture in Bali for a year. He and his wife run the travel blog Grateful Gypsies, and they're currently trying the digital nomad lifestyle across Latin America.
Comments:
Peter Simon:
It’s nice, Sasha, but also very funny that you’ve written that Africa is “the largest continent on Earth”. With 36.4 mill. km2, it certainly is bigger than most, but compared to the 44.58 miil. km2 of Asia it certainly isn’t the largest, is it? Primary school material in my native country …
sasha:
@Peter Simon Whoops. I meant to say continent with the most countries. Thanks for calling me out on that one. It’s been a long couple of weeks with lots of visitors in Bali so I’m a bit fried at the moment!