毛里塔尼亞

See also: 毛里塔尼亚

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (毛里塔尼亞)		毛	里	塔	尼	亞
simp. (毛里塔尼亚)		毛	里	塔	尼	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máolǐtǎníyà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lei⁵ taap³ nei⁴ aa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Mô͘-lí-thah-nî-a

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máolǐtǎníyà [Phonetic: máolítǎníyà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máolǐtǎníyà
    • Wade–Giles: Mao²-li³-tʻa³-ni²-ya⁴
    • Yale: Máu-lǐ-tǎ-ní-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mauliitaaniyah
    • Palladius: Маолитания (Maolitanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ lei⁵ taap³ nei⁴ aa³
    • Yale: mòuh léih taap nèih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lei⁵ taap⁸ nei⁴ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ léi⁵ tab³ néi⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lei̯¹³ tʰaːp̚³ nei̯²¹ aː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mô͘-lí-thah-nî-a
    • Tâi-lô: Môo-lí-thah-nî-a
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moly'tahni'af
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰa(ʔ)⁵ nĩ²⁴⁻²² a³³/

Proper noun

毛里塔尼亞

1. (Mainland China) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 茅利塔尼亞／茅利塔尼亚 (Máolìtǎníyà)