瑪麗

See also: 玛丽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瑪麗)		瑪	麗
simp. (玛丽)		玛	丽
alternative forms		瑪莉／玛莉瑪利／玛利

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mary.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mǎlì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ lai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-lê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎlì
  - Wade–Giles: Ma³-li⁴
  - Yale: Mǎ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalih
  - Palladius: Мали (Mali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ lai⁶
  - Yale: máh laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ lɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-lê
  - Tâi-lô: Má-lê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maflee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le²³/

Proper noun

瑪麗

A transliteration of the English or Norwegian female given name Mary

Usage notes

This is also an informal name of the video game character Mario, due to a mistranslation of Super Mario Bros. as 《超級瑪麗》/《超级玛丽》 in Mainland China.

Synonyms

瑪莉／玛莉 (Mǎlì)
(seldom) 瑪利／玛利 (Mǎlì)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Mary 玛丽 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1811: “西方女子教名”.

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