馬六甲

See also: 马六甲

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (馬六甲)		馬	六	甲
simp. (马六甲)		马	六	甲
alternative forms		嗎六呷／吗六呷 historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Melaka, via Hokkien.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎliùjiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mâ-liuk-kap
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-la̍k-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎliùjiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎliòujiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-liu⁴-chia³
    • Yale: Mǎ-lyòu-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maaliowjea
    • Palladius: Малюцзя (Maljuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³
    • Yale: máh luhk gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ luk⁹ gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lug⁶ gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ lʊk̚² kaːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-liuk-kap
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma^ˊ liug^ˋ gab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ liug⁵ gab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ li̯uk̚² kap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-la̍k-kah
    • Tâi-lô: Má-la̍k-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maflagkaq
    • IPA (Penang): /ma⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ lak̚⁴⁻³ kaʔ³/

Proper noun

馬六甲

1. Malacca (a state of Malaysia)
2. Malacca (a city in Malacca, Malaysia)
   • 1824, 尚德 [Walter Henry Medhurst], 咬𠺕吧總論, page 5:

     且咬𠺕吧之地土，甚為肥厚，勝於馬六甲及巨港等處之地土，因有多火山之材料，與其土泥交參，又因天上降雨時，山邊之零土，同流下平地去，致其土面成厚，所以為肥也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     且咬𠺕吧之地土，甚为肥厚，胜于马六甲及巨港等处之地土，因有多火山之材料，与其土泥交参，又因天上降雨时，山边之零土，同流下平地去，致其土面成厚，所以为肥也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Qiě Yǎoliúba zhī dìtǔ, shènwéi féihòu, shèng yú Mǎliùjiǎ jí Jùgǎng děng chù zhī dìtǔ, yīn yǒu duō huǒshān zhī cáiliào, yǔ qí tǔní jiāocān, yòu yīn tiānshàng jiàngyǔ shí, shān biān zhī líng tǔ, tóng liú xià píngdì qù, zhì qí tǔ miàn chéng hòu, suǒyǐ wéi féi yě. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (state): 甲州 (Jiǎzhōu)
• (city): 甲市 (Jiǎshì)
• (archaic) 滿剌加／满剌加 (Mǎnlàjiā)

Dialectal synonyms of 馬六甲 (“Malacca”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	麻六甲
	Malaysia	馬六甲
	Singapore	馬六甲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	馬六甲
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	馬六甲

Derived terms

• 馬六甲海峽／马六甲海峡 (Mǎliùjiǎ Hǎixiá)