马来文

馬來文

Mǎláiwén

noun

Meanings

1 Malay language
2 written Malay

Characters

horse (phonetic)

to come (phonetic)

writing; language

Examples

他在大学里学习马来文。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ xuéxí Mǎláiwén.

He studies Malay at university.

马来文和印尼文非常相似。

Mǎláiwén hé Yìnníwén fēicháng xiāngsì.

Malay and Indonesian are very similar.

Tips

usage

马来文 emphasizes the written language; 马来语 (Mǎláiyǔ) covers the spoken language. The two are largely interchangeable in everyday use. Malay is an official language in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore, and is mutually intelligible with Indonesian (印尼文).

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

来 lái

文 wén