棉蘭老

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (棉蘭老)		棉	蘭	老
simp. (棉兰老)		棉	兰	老
alternative forms		民蘭佬／民兰佬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Miánlánlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ laan⁴ lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Mî-lân-láu / Bîn-lân-láu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Miánlánlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Miánlánlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Mien²-lan²-lao³
    • Yale: Myán-lán-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mianlanlao
    • Palladius: Мяньланьлао (Mjanʹlanʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ län³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ laan⁴ lou⁵
    • Yale: mìhn làahn lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ laan⁴ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ lan⁴ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ laːn²¹ lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-lân-láu
    • Tâi-lô: Mî-lân-láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: milanlao
    • IPA (Philippines): /mi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² lau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-lân-láu
    • Tâi-lô: Bîn-lân-láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binlanlao
    • IPA (Philippines): /bin²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² lau⁵⁵⁴/

Proper noun

棉蘭老

1. (～島) Mindanao (an island in the Philippines)

Synonyms

• 南島／南岛 (Lâm-tó͘)
• (archaic) 茗答閙／茗答闹

Coordinate terms

• 呂宋／吕宋 (Lǚsòng, “Luzon”)
• 米沙鄢 (Mǐshāyān, “Visayas”)