茅利塔尼亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (茅利塔尼亞)		茅	利	塔	尼	亞
simp. (茅利塔尼亚)		茅	利	塔	尼	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máolìtǎníyà, Máolìtǎníyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ lei⁶ taap³ nei⁴ aa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máolìtǎníyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máolìtǎníyà
    • Wade–Giles: Mao²-li⁴-tʻa³-ni²-ya⁴
    • Yale: Máu-lì-tǎ-ní-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maulihtaaniyah
    • Palladius: Маолитания (Maolitanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máolìtǎníyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máolìtǎníyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Mao²-li⁴-tʻa³-ni²-ya³
    • Yale: Máu-lì-tǎ-ní-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maulihtaaniyea
    • Palladius: Маолитания (Maolitanija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ lei⁶ taap³ nei⁴ aa³
    • Yale: màauh leih taap nèih a
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ lei⁶ taap⁸ nei⁴ aa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ léi⁶ tab³ néi⁴ a³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ lei̯²² tʰaːp̚³ nei̯²¹ aː³³/

Proper noun

茅利塔尼亞

1. (Taiwan) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China) 毛里塔尼亞 (Máolǐtǎníyà)