西马来西亚

西馬來西亞
Xī Mǎláixīyà

West Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 西马 Xī-Mǎ
  1. short for 西方馬克思主義／西方马克思主义 (xīfāng Mǎkèsī zhǔyì, “Western Marxism”)
  2. short for 西馬來西亞／西马来西亚 (Xī Mǎláixīyà, “West Malaysia”)
2 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
=3 西亚 Xī Yà Southwest Asia
=3 西亚 Xīyà West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)