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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bûn-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnlái
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-lai²
    • Yale: Wén-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenlai
    • Palladius: Вэньлай (Vɛnʹlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: màhn lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 文萊／文莱 汶萊／汶莱

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bûn-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: Bûn-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² lai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ lai²³/

Proper noun

文萊

1. (chiefly Mainland China) Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia) 汶萊／汶莱 (Wènlái)
• (full name)
  • (Mainland China) 文萊達魯薩蘭國／文莱达鲁萨兰国 (Wénlái Dálǔsàlán Guó)
  • (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 汶萊達魯薩蘭國／汶莱达鲁萨兰国 (Wènlái Dálǔsàlán Guó)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: Vwnzlaiz