爪哇

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (爪哇)		爪	哇
simp. #(爪哇)		爪	哇
alternative forms		爪亞／爪亚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhǎowā, Zhuǎwā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ, ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² waa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhǎowā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎowa
    • Wade–Giles: chao³-wa¹
    • Yale: jǎu-wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaoua
    • Palladius: чжаова (čžaova)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuǎwā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎwa
    • Wade–Giles: chua³-wa¹
    • Yale: jwǎ-wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joaua
    • Palladius: чжуава (čžuava)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² waa¹
    • Yale: jáau wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ waː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

爪哇

1. Java (an island in Indonesia)
2. (rare) Java, the programming language

Derived terms

• 丟入爪哇國裡／丢入爪哇国里
• 熱爪哇／热爪哇 (rèzhǎowā)
• 爪哇人 (zhǎowārén)
• 爪哇國／爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)
• 爪哇島／爪哇岛
• 爪哇族
• 爪哇海 (Zhǎowāhǎi)
• 爪哇語／爪哇语 (zhǎowāyǔ)

 

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 (当て字), from Chinese 爪哇 (zhǎowā).

Proper noun

爪哇(ジャワ) • (Jawa) 

1. Obsolete spelling of ジャワ (“Java (an island in Indonesia)”)