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Countries in Chinese
Learn country names in Mandarin for travel, current events, geography, and classroom topics. Each entry includes characters, pinyin, and a concise English meaning.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叙利亚 | xù lì yà | Syria |
| 斯洛伐克 | sī luò fá kè | Slovakia |
| 斯洛文尼亚 | sī luò wén ní yà | Slovenia |
| 斯里兰卡 | sī lǐ lán kǎ | Sri Lanka |
| 新加坡 | xīn jiā pō | Singapore |
| 新西兰 | xīn xī lán | New Zealand |
| 日本 | rì běn | Japan |
| 东帝汶 | dōng dì wèn | Timor-Leste |
| 梵蒂冈 | fàn dì gāng | Vatican City |
| 毛里塔尼亚 | máo lǐ tǎ ní yà | Mauritania |
| 毛里求斯 | máo lǐ qiú sī | Mauritius |
| 沙特阿拉伯 | shā tè ā lā bó | Saudi Arabia |
| 波兰 | bō lán | Poland |
| 泰国 | tài guó | Thailand |
| 津巴布韦 | jīn bā bù wéi | Zimbabwe |
| 汤加 | tāng jiā | Tonga |
| 乌克兰 | wū kè lán | Ukraine |
| 乌干达 | wū gān dá | Uganda |
| 乌拉圭 | wū lā guī | Uruguay |
| 乌兹别克斯坦 | wū zī bié kè sī tǎn | Uzbekistan |
| 牙买加 | yá mǎi jiā | Jamaica |
| 特立尼达和多巴哥 | tè lì ní dá hé duō bā gē | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 瑙鲁 | nǎo lǔ | Nauru |
| 瑞典 | ruì diǎn | Sweden |
| 瑞士 | ruì shì | Switzerland |
| 瓦努阿图 | wǎ nǔ ā tú | Vanuatu |
| 卢旺达 | lú wàng dá | Rwanda |
| 卢森堡 | lú sēn bǎo | Luxembourg |
| 科威特 | kē wēi tè | Kuwait |
| 秘鲁 | bì lǔ | Peru |
| 突尼斯 | tū ní sī | Tunisia |
| 立陶宛 | lì táo wǎn | Lithuania |
| 约旦 | yuē dàn | Jordan |
| 纳米比亚 | nà mǐ bǐ yà | Namibia |
| 索马里 | suǒ mǎ lǐ | Somalia |
| 美国 | měi guó | United States |
| 老挝 | lǎo wō | Laos |
| 圣基茨和尼维斯 | shèng jī cí hé ní wéi sī | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 圣多美和普林西比 | shèng duō měi hé pǔ lín xī bǐ | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯 | shèng wén sēn tè hé gé lín nà dīng sī | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 圣卢西亚 | shèng lú xī yà | Saint Lucia |
| 圣马力诺 | shèng mǎ lì nuò | San Marino |
| 肯尼亚 | kěn ní yà | Kenya |
| 英国 | yīng guó | United Kingdom |
| 荷兰 | hé lán | Netherlands |
| 莫桑比克 | mò sāng bǐ kè | Mozambique |
| 菲律宾 | fēi lǜ bīn | Philippines |
| 莱索托 | lái suǒ tuō | Lesotho |
| 萨摩亚 | sà mó yà | Samoa |
| 苏丹 | sū dān | Sudan |
| 苏里南 | sū lǐ nán | Suriname |
| 西班牙 | xī bān yá | Spain |
| 赞比亚 | zàn bǐ yà | Zambia |
| 越南 | yuè nán | Vietnam |
| 阿曼 | ā màn | Oman |
| 韩国 | hán guó | South Korea |
| 马来西亚 | mǎ lái xī yà | Malaysia |
| 马拉维 | mǎ lā wéi | Malawi |
| 马尔代夫 | mǎ ěr dài fū | Maldives |
| 马绍尔群岛 | mǎ shào ěr qún dǎo | Marshall Islands |
| 马耳他 | mǎ ěr tā | Malta |
| 马达加斯加 | mǎ dá jiā sī jiā | Madagascar |
| 马里 | mǎ lǐ | Mali |
| 黎巴嫩 | lí bā nèn | Lebanon |
| 黑山 | hēi shān | Montenegro |
| 摩尔多瓦 | mó ěr duō wǎ | Moldova |
| 北马其顿 | běi mǎ qí dùn | North Macedonia |
| 阿联酋 | ā lián qiú | United Arab Emirates |
| 佛得角 | fó dé jiǎo | Cape Verde |
| 俄罗斯 | é luó sī | Russia |
| 克罗地亚 | kè luó dì yà | Croatia |
| 危地马拉 | wēi dì mǎ lā | Guatemala |
| 埃塞俄比亚 | āi sài é bǐ yà | Ethiopia |
| 塞内加尔 | sài nèi jiā ěr | Senegal |
| 塞拉利昂 | sài lā lì áng | Sierra Leone |
| 塞浦路斯 | sài pǔ lù sī | Cyprus |
| 塞舌尔 | sài shé ěr | Seychelles |
| 奥地利 | ào dì lì | Austria |
| 密克罗尼西亚 | mì kè luó ní xī yà | Micronesia |
| 尼泊尔 | ní bó ěr | Nepal |
| 巴勒斯坦 | bā lè sī tǎn | Palestine |
| 所罗门群岛 | suǒ luó mén qún dǎo | Solomon Islands |
| 朝鲜 | cháo xiǎn | North Korea |
| 柬埔寨 | jiǎn pǔ zhài | Cambodia |
| 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 | bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 洪都拉斯 | hóng dū lā sī | Honduras |
| 海地 | hǎi dì | Haiti |
| 白俄罗斯 | bái é luó sī | Belarus |
| 科摩罗 | kē mó luó | Comoros |
| 缅甸 | miǎn diàn | Myanmar |
| 罗马尼亚 | luó mǎ ní yà | Romania |
| 蒙古 | měng gǔ | Mongolia |
| 阿塞拜疆 | ā sài bài jiāng | Azerbaijan |
| 葡萄牙 | pú tao yá | Portugal |
| 塞尔维亚 | sài ěr wéi yà | Serbia |
Questions about this resource
How do I say a nationality in Mandarin Chinese?
For many country names, add 人 (rén): 中国 (Zhōngguó) becomes 中国人 (Zhōngguó rén), a Chinese person. Names can have short and formal forms, so check the entry and context. The list is a vocabulary reference, not a claim about a universally agreed number of countries.