瑪腰

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瑪腰)		瑪	腰
simp. (玛腰)		玛	腰

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch majoor.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎyao
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-yao¹
    • Yale: mǎ-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaiau
    • Palladius: маяо (majao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

瑪腰

1. (Dutch East Indies, historical) Majoor der Chinezen: “Major of the Chinese”