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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Jiáu-oa

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jiáu-oa
  - Tâi-lô: Jiáu-ua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiawoaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua⁴⁴/

Proper noun

爪哇

Java (an island of Indonesia)
(rare) Java, the programming language

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 交拉吧

Derived terms

丟入爪哇國裡 / 丢入爪哇国里 (diū rù Zhǎowā guó lǐ)
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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
爪	哇
じゃ Grade: S	わ Hyōgai
irregular

Ateji (当て字), from Chinese 爪哇 (Zhǎowā).

Proper noun

爪哇(ジャワ) • (Jawa)

obsolete spelling of ジャワ (= Java): an island of Indonesia