馬來亞
See also: 马来亚
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (馬來亞) | 馬 | 來 | 亞 | |
| simp. (马来亚) | 马 | 来 | 亚 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎláiyà
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎláiyà
- Wade–Giles: Ma3-lai2-ya4
- Yale: Mǎ-lái-yà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalaiyah
- Palladius: Малайя (Malajja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ jä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎláiyǎ
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎláiyǎ
- Wade–Giles: Ma3-lai2-ya3
- Yale: Mǎ-lái-yǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalaiyea
- Palladius: Малайя (Malajja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5 loi4 aa3
- Yale: máh lòih a
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5 loi4 aa3
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5 loi4 a3
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³ lɔːi̯²¹ aː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-lâi-a
- Tâi-lô: Má-lâi-a
- Phofsit Daibuun: maflai'af
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai²³⁻³³ a⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ a⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
馬來亞
- (historical) Malaya (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia constituting the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and several nearby islands, currently forming the western part of Malaysia; now known as West Malaysia or Peninsular Malaysia)
- (historical) Malaya (a group of former British colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1826 to 1957, excepting the period of Japanese occupation during World War II; in full, British Malaya)
- (historical) Malaya (a former colony and later a former independent country in Southeast Asia, existing on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula from 1948 to 1963; independent from 1957 and merged in 1963 with the territories of East Malaysia, forming modern Malaysia; in full, Federation of Malaya)
- (dialectal) Malaysia (a country in Asia)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 馬來西亞 (“Malaysia”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬國 |
| Malaysia | 馬來西亞, 大馬 | |
| Singapore | 馬來西亞, 聯邦, 州府, 馬國, 大馬 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 馬來西亞, 大馬, 馬拉, 馬國 |
| Macau | 馬拉 | |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 馬來西亞, 馬來亞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 馬來西亞 |
| Quanzhou | 馬來西亞 | |
| Zhangzhou | 馬來西亞 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞, 州府 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 馬來西亞 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 馬來西亞, 聯邦, 州府, 馬來亞 | |
| Wenchang | 馬來西亞 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬來西亞 |