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紐西蘭

Niǔxīlán

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ

Simplified 纽西兰 · mainland 新西蘭

  1. 1New Zealand (Tw)
In Taiwan

Taiwan's rendering of New Zealand; the mainland writes 新西蘭. Foreign-name transliterations regularly differ — Obama is 歐巴馬 in Taiwan, 奧巴馬 on the mainland.

Example

我哥哥去紐西蘭打工度假。

wǒ gēge qù Niǔxīlán dǎgōng dùjià

My older brother went to New Zealand on a working holiday.

Keep 紐西蘭 and it comes back until you know it.

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