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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Būn-lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wènlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wùnlái
  - Wade–Giles: Wên⁴-lai²
  - Yale: Wèn-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wennlai
  - Palladius: Вэньлай (Vɛnʹlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wénlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnlái
  - Wade–Giles: Wên²-lai²
  - Yale: Wén-lái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenlai
  - Palladius: Вэньлай (Vɛnʹlaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁶ loi⁴, man⁴ loi⁴
  - Yale: mahn lòih, màhn lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ loi⁴, man⁴ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ loi⁴, men⁴ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² lɔːi̯²¹/, /mɐn²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    文萊／文莱
    汶萊／汶莱
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Būn-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: Būn-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buxnlaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bun²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bun⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bun³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun³³⁻²¹ lai²³/

Proper noun

汶萊

(chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei) Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 文萊／文莱 (Wénlái)
(full name)
- (Mainland China) 文萊達魯薩蘭國／文莱达鲁萨兰国 (Wénlái Dálǔsàlán Guó)
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 汶萊達魯薩蘭國／汶莱达鲁萨兰国 (Wènlái Dálǔsàlán Guó)

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