蘇門答臘

See also: 苏门答腊

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇門答臘)		蘇	門	答	臘
simp. (苏门答腊)		苏	门	答	腊

Etymology

From Indonesian Sumatra or Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sūméndálà

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ mun⁴ daap³ laap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sūméndálà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Suméndálà
    • Wade–Giles: Su¹-mên²-ta²-la⁴
    • Yale: Sū-mén-dá-là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sumendarlah
    • Palladius: Сумэньдала (Sumɛnʹdala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ mən³⁵ tä³⁵ lä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ mun⁴ daap³ laap⁶
    • Yale: sōu mùhn daap laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ mun⁴ daap⁸ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ mun⁴ dab³ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹ taːp̚³ laːp̚²/

Proper noun

蘇門答臘

1. (～島) Sumatra, the largest island of Indonesia