爪哇

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (爪哇)		爪	哇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhǎowā, Zhuǎwā

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ, ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhǎowā
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoua
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhuǎwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joaua
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau² waa¹
  - Yale: jáau wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao² wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡säːu̯³⁵ wäː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

爪哇

Java, the island in Indonesia
(rare) Java, the programming language

Derived terms

爪哇人 (Zhǎowārén)
爪哇國／爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)

爪哇語／爪哇语 (Zhǎowāyǔ)

Noun

爪哇

(figuratively) remote place (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
去爪哇國了。 / 去爪哇国了。 ― Qù zhǎowa guó le. ― Nowhere to be found.

Japanese

捕獲場所：爪哇 (“Place of Capture: Java”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
爪	哇
じゃ Grade: S	わ Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Ateji, from Chinese 爪哇

Proper noun

爪哇 (katakana ジャワ, rōmaji Jawa)

Rare spelling of ジャワ.

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