Re: Longest word in Chinese

On Sep 16, 4:57 pm, LEE Sau Dan <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Richard" == Richard Wordingham <jrw0...@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> On Sep 16, 10:10 am, "Helge S" <helg...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> A very long word is: Mengtesailatedao consisting of 6
>>> characters and meaning (the Island of) Montserrat.

Richard> And how could it be shorter than the transliteration of
Richard> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Richard> ? :)

That's still shorter than:

Zhong1hua2ren2min2gong4he2guo2Xiang1gang3te4bie2xing2zheng4qu1-
xing2zheng4zhang3guan1ban4gong1shi1

Try this town in New Zealand (googlable):

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu

or this town in Thailand (un-googlable up to now, because the word is
usually into several lines):

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit

or alternatively (I don't know which spelling is correct, I cut and
pasted from two sources):

Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit

-- Ekki

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