爪哇

爪哇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (爪哇)		爪	哇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhǎowā, Zhuǎwā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ, ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² waa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhǎowā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoua
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Pinyin: Zhuǎwā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joaua
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² waa¹
    • Yale: jáau wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² wa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡säːu̯³⁵ wäː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

爪哇

1. Java, the island in Indonesia
2. (rare) Java, the programming language

Derived terms

爪哇人 (Zhǎowārén) 爪哇國／爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)

爪哇語／爪哇语 (Zhǎowāyǔ)

Noun

爪哇

1. (figuratively) remote place (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   去爪哇國了。 / 去爪哇国了。  ―  Qù zhǎowa guó le.  ―  Nowhere to be found.

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Japanese

捕獲場所：爪哇 (“Place of Capture: Java”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
爪	哇
じゃ Grade: S	わ Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Ateji, from Chinese 爪哇

Proper noun

爪哇 (katakana ジャワ, rōmaji Jawa)

1. Rare spelling of ジャワ.