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毛里塔尼亞

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

Proper noun

毛里塔尼亞

Mauritania

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 茅利塔尼亞／茅利塔尼亚

Etymology

Borrowing from English Mauritania.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Máolǐtǎníyà

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lei⁵ taap³ nei⁴ aa³
Min Nan (POJ): Mô͘-lí-thah-nî-a

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Máolǐtǎníyà
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mauliitaaniyah
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni³⁵ i̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ lei⁵ taap³ nei⁴ aa³
  - Yale: mòuh léih taap nèih a
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lei⁵ taap⁸ nei⁴ aa³
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lei̯¹³ tʰɑːp̚³ nei̯²¹ ɑː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mô͘-lí-thah-nî-a
  - Tâi-lô: Môo-lí-thah-nî-a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moly'tahniaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰa(ʔ)⁵ ni²⁴⁻²² a³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ²⁴⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ni²⁴⁻²² a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ¹³⁻²² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ni¹³⁻²² a⁴⁴/