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

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• 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 edit 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

1. (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)