毛里求斯

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (毛里求斯)		毛	里	求	斯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Máolǐqiúsī

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lei⁵ kau⁴ si¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Mô͘-lí-kiû-su / Mô͘-lí-kiû-sir

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Máolǐqiúsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Máolǐcióusih
  - Wade–Giles: Mao²-li³-chʻiu²-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: Máu-lǐ-chyóu-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mauliichyousy
  - Palladius: Маолицюсы (Maolicjusy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ lei⁵ kau⁴ si¹
  - Yale: mòuh léih kàuh sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lei⁵ kau⁴ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ léi⁵ keo⁴ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lei̯¹³ kʰɐu̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mô͘-lí-kiû-su
  - Tâi-lô: Môo-lí-kiû-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moly'kiusw
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mô͘-lí-kiû-sir
  - Tâi-lô: Môo-lí-kiû-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/

Proper noun

毛里求斯 (Mainland China)

Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛里求斯 (“Mauritius”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	模里西斯, 模國
	Malaysia	毛里求斯
	Singapore	毛里求斯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	毛里裘斯
Southern Min	Xiamen	毛里求斯
	Quanzhou	毛里求斯
	Zhangzhou	毛里求斯