瑪麗亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瑪麗亞)		瑪	麗	亞
simp. (玛丽亚)		玛	丽	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Maria.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎlìyà, Mǎlìyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ lai⁶ aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎlìyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎlìyà
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-li⁴-ya⁴
    • Yale: Mǎ-lì-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalihyah
    • Palladius: Малия (Malija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎlìyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎlìyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-li⁴-ya³
    • Yale: Mǎ-lì-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalihyea
    • Palladius: Малия (Malija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ lai⁶ aa³
    • Yale: máh laih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ lai⁶ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lei⁶ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ lɐi̯²² aː³³/

Proper noun

瑪麗亞

1. A transliteration of the English, Spanish, or Italian female given name Maria
2. (Taiwan, derogatory) Filipino migrants to Taiwan

   • 瑪麗亞怎麼變老師了？ [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     玛丽亚怎么变老师了？ [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2019, Han Kuo-yu

     Mǎlìyà zěnme biàn lǎoshī le? [Pinyin]

     How did Filipinos become teachers?