{"id":11957,"date":"2016-02-09T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2016-02-12T05:39:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:39:49","slug":"african-countries-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/african-countries-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"African Countries in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>” in Chinese. Now we’re heading to the continent with the most countries\u00a0– Africa<\/strong> (\u975e\u6d32 – f\u0113i zh\u014du).<\/p>\n

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Mother elephant with twins in Kenya. Image by Diana Robinson from flickr.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

There are 54 sovereign states in Africa, and here they all are in alphabetical order along with their Chinese names and pinyin<\/em> transliterations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
English<\/strong><\/td>\nChinese<\/strong><\/td>\nPinyin<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Algeria<\/td>\n\u963f\u5c14\u53ca\u5229\u4e9a<\/td>\n\u0100’\u011br j\u00ed l\u00ec y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angola<\/td>\n\u5b89\u54e5\u62c9<\/td>\n\u0100n g\u0113 l\u0101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin<\/td>\n\u8d1d\u5b81<\/td>\nb\u00e8i n\u00edng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\n\u535a\u8328\u74e6\u7eb3<\/td>\nb\u00f3 c\u00ed w\u01ce n\u00e0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burkina Faso<\/td>\n\u5e03\u57fa\u7eb3\u6cd5\u7d22<\/td>\nb\u00f9 j\u012b n\u00e0 f\u01ce su\u01d2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burundi<\/td>\n\u5e03\u9686\u8fea<\/td>\nb\u00f9 l\u00f3ng d\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameroon<\/td>\n\u5580\u9ea6\u9686<\/td>\nk\u0101 m\u00e0i l\u00f3ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cape Verde<\/td>\n\u4f5b\u5f97\u89d2<\/td>\nf\u00fa d\u00e9 ji\u01ceo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central African Republic<\/td>\n\u4e2d\u975e\u5171\u548c\u56fd<\/td>\nzh\u014dng f\u0113i g\u00f2ng h\u00e9 gu\u00f3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad<\/td>\n\u4e4d\u5f97<\/td>\nzh\u00e0 d\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comoros<\/td>\n\u79d1\u6469\u7f57<\/td>\nk\u0113 m\u00f3 lu\u00f3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Congo, Republic of the<\/td>\n\u521a\u679c\u5171\u548c\u56fd<\/td>\ng\u0101ng gu\u01d2 g\u00f2ng h\u00e9 gu\u00f3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Congo, Democratic Republic of the<\/td>\n\u521a\u679c\u6c11\u4e3b\u5171\u548c\u56fd<\/td>\ng\u0101ng gu\u01d2 m\u00edn zh\u01d4 g\u00f2ng h\u00e9 gu\u00f3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Djibouti<\/td>\n\u5409\u5e03\u63d0<\/td>\nj\u00edb\u00f9t\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt<\/td>\n\u57c3\u53ca<\/td>\n\u0100i j\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\n\u8d64\u9053\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a<\/td>\nch\u00ec d\u00e0o j\u01d0 n\u00e8i y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eritrea<\/td>\n\u5384\u7acb\u7279\u91cc\u4e9a<\/td>\n\u00c8 l\u00ec t\u00e8 l\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopia<\/td>\n\u57c3\u585e\u4fc4\u6bd4\u4e9a<\/td>\n\u0100i s\u0101i \u00e9 b\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon<\/td>\n\u52a0\u84ec<\/td>\nji\u0101 p\u00e9ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambia<\/td>\n\u5188\u6bd4\u4e9a<\/td>\ng\u0101ng b\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\n\u52a0\u7eb3<\/td>\nji\u0101 n\u00e0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea<\/td>\n\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a<\/td>\nj\u01d0 n\u00e8i y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\n\u51e0\u5185\u4e9a\u6bd4\u7ecd<\/td>\nj\u01d0 n\u00e8i y\u01ce b\u01d0 sh\u00e0o<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ivory Coast<\/td>\n\u8c61\u7259\u6d77\u5cb8<\/td>\nxi\u00e0ng y\u00e1 h\u01cei \u00e0n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/td>\n\u80af\u5c3c\u4e9a<\/td>\nk\u011bn n\u00ed y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesotho<\/td>\n\u83b1\u7d22\u6258<\/td>\nl\u00e1i su\u01d2 tu\u014d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liberia<\/td>\n\u5229\u6bd4\u91cc\u4e9a<\/td>\nl\u00ec b\u01d0 l\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libya<\/td>\n\u5229\u6bd4\u4e9a<\/td>\nl\u00ec b\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madagascar<\/td>\n\u9a6c\u8fbe\u52a0\u65af\u52a0<\/td>\nm\u01ce d\u00e1 ji\u0101 s\u012b ji\u0101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malawi<\/td>\n\u9a6c\u62c9\u7ef4<\/td>\nm\u01ce l\u0101 w\u00e9i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mali<\/td>\n\u9a6c\u91cc<\/td>\nm\u01ce l\u01d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritania<\/td>\n\u6bdb\u91cc\u5854\u5c3c\u4e9a<\/td>\nm\u00e1o l\u01d0 t\u01ce n\u00ed y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritius<\/td>\n\u6bdb\u91cc\u6c42\u65af<\/td>\nm\u00e1o l\u01d0 qi\u00fa s\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morocco<\/td>\n\u6469\u6d1b\u54e5<\/td>\nm\u00f3 lu\u00f2 g\u0113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozambique<\/td>\n\u83ab\u6851\u6bd4\u514b<\/td>\nm\u00f2 s\u0101ng b\u01d0 k\u00e8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Namibia<\/td>\n\u7eb3\u7c73\u6bd4\u4e9a<\/td>\nn\u00e0 m\u01d0 b\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niger<\/td>\n\u5c3c\u65e5\u5c14<\/td>\nn\u00ed r\u00ec \u011br<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria<\/td>\n\u5948\u53ca\u5229\u4e9e<\/td>\nn\u00e0i j\u00ed l\u00ec y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rwanda<\/td>\n\u5362\u65fa\u8fbe<\/td>\nl\u00fa w\u00e0ng d\u00e1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sao Tome and Principe<\/td>\n\u5723\u591a\u7f8e\u548c\u666e\u6797\u897f\u6bd4<\/td>\nsh\u00e8ng du\u014d m\u011bi h\u00e9 p\u01d4 l\u00edn x\u012b b\u01d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senegal<\/td>\n\u585e\u5185\u52a0\u5c14<\/td>\ns\u00e0i n\u00e8i ji\u0101 \u011br<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seychelles<\/td>\n\u585e\u820c\u5c14<\/td>\ns\u0101i sh\u00e9 \u011br<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sierra Leone<\/td>\n\u585e\u62c9\u5229\u6602<\/td>\ns\u00e8 l\u0101 l\u00ec \u00e1ng<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somalia<\/td>\n\u7d22\u9a6c\u5229\u4e9a<\/td>\nsu\u01d2 m\u01ce l\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n\u5357\u975e<\/td>\nn\u00e1n f\u0113i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Sudan<\/td>\n\u5357\u82cf\u4e39<\/td>\nn\u00e1n s\u016b d\u0101n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sudan<\/td>\n\u82cf\u4e39<\/td>\ns\u016b d\u0101n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swaziland<\/td>\n\u65af\u5a01\u58eb\u5170<\/td>\ns\u012b w\u0113i sh\u00ec l\u00e1n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanzania<\/td>\n\u5766\u6851\u5c3c\u4e9a<\/td>\nt\u01cen s\u0101ng n\u00ed y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Togo<\/td>\n\u591a\u54e5<\/td>\ndu\u014d g\u0113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunisia<\/td>\n\u7a81\u5c3c\u65af<\/td>\nt\u00fa n\u00ed s\u012b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uganda<\/td>\n\u4e4c\u5e72\u8fbe<\/td>\nw\u016b g\u0101n d\u00e1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zambia<\/td>\n\u8d5e\u6bd4\u4e9a<\/td>\nz\u00e0n b\u01d0 y\u01ce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe<\/td>\n\u8f9b\u5df4\u5a01<\/td>\nx\u012bn b\u0101 w\u0113i<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uNU7N1GCNU8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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