文萊

See also: 文莱

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (文萊)		文	萊
simp. (文莱)		文	莱

Etymology

From Malay Brunei, borrowed through Hokkien (where 文 is pronounced with a b- initial).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wénlái

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ loi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Bûn-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Wénlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenlai
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    文萊／文莱
    汶萊／汶莱
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: man⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: màhn lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    文萊／文莱
    汶萊／汶莱
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: Bûn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ laɪ²³/

Proper noun

文萊

(chiefly Mainland China) Brunei

Synonyms

(Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia) 汶萊／汶莱 (Wènlái)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: Vwnzlaiz

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