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Mã Lai

Pronunciation
Malay
Adjective
Malay
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Meaning
2 senses
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
Malay

Relating to or associated with the language, culture, or people of the Malay community.

vi Anh ấy đang tìm hiểu về văn hóa Mã Lai.

en He is learning about Malay culture.

Proper noun

Sense 2 Proper noun
Malaya

Malaya, the Malay Peninsula.

vi Bác tôi đã làm việc tại bán đảo Mã Lai được năm năm.

en My uncle has been working in the Malay Peninsula for five years.

Parts
mã / lai / 馬來
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
馬來
Candidates by syllable
mã 馬 lai 來(淶 / 萊)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
mà lại / malay
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Use
tiếng mã lai / mã số / mật mã / mã hiệu …
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