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圖瓦盧

圖瓦盧

See also: 图瓦卢

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (圖瓦盧)		圖	瓦	盧
simp. (图瓦卢)		图	瓦	卢

Proper noun

圖瓦盧

Tuvalu

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 吐瓦魯／吐瓦鲁 (Tǔwǎlǔ)

Etymology

Borrowing from English Tuvalu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Túwǎlú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ ngaa⁵ lou⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Tô͘-óa-lô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Túwǎlú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Twuwoalu
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ u̯a̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ ngaa⁵ lou⁴
  - Yale: tòuh ngáh lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ ngaa⁵ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ ŋɑː¹³ lou̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tô͘-óa-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Tôo-uá-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dooafloo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³⁻²² ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ¹³/