孟買

See also: 孟买

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (孟買)		孟	買
simp. (孟买)		孟	买

Etymology

From some Indian language, cf. Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī). Compare 孟加拉 (Mèngjiālā, “Bengal”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mèngmǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄇㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ maai⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mâing-mā̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bēng-mái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mèngmǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄇㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mèngmǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Mêng⁴-mai³
    • Yale: Mèng-mǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Menqmae
    • Palladius: Мэнмай (Mɛnmaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁶ maai⁵
    • Yale: maahng máaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ maai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ mai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² maːi̯¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mâing-mā̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ mɛ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bēng-mái
    • Tâi-lô: Bīng-mái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexngmae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ mãi⁵³/

Proper noun

孟買

1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
   • 1820, 謝清高, edited by 楊炳南, 海錄, page 37:

     孟買，在盎叽哩北少西，相去約數十里，為𠸄咭利所轄地，有城郭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孟买，在盎叽哩北少西，相去约数十里，为𠸄咭利所辖地，有城郭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Mèngmǎi, zài Àngjīli běi shǎo xī, xiàngqù yuē shù shí lǐ, wéi Yīngjílì suǒ xiá dì, yǒu chéngguō. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (obsolete) 孟美 (Mèngměi), (obsolete, through Hokkien) 望眉 (Bōng-bâi)