汶萊

汶萊

See also: 汶莱

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (汶萊)		汶	萊
simp. (汶莱)		汶	莱

Etymology

From Malay Brunei, borrowed through Hokkien (where 汶 is pronounced with a b- initial).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wènlái, Wénlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄞˊ, ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ loi⁴, man⁴ loi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): Būn-lâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Wènlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wennlai
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)
    • Pinyin: Wénlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenlai
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 文萊／文莱 汶萊／汶莱

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: man⁶ loi⁴, man⁴ loi⁴
    • Yale: mahn lòih, màhn lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ loi⁴, man⁴ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ loi⁴, men⁴ loi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² lɔːi̯²¹/, /mɐn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 文萊／文莱 汶萊／汶莱

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Būn-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: Būn-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buxnlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ laɪ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ laɪ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ laɪ²³/

Proper noun

汶萊

1. (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei) Brunei

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 文萊／文莱 (Wénlái)