瀋陽

See also: 沈阳

Chinese

		place name; pour	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (瀋陽)		瀋	陽
simp. (沈阳)		沈	阳

Etymology

Named in reference to its location to the north (the sunny side) of the Shen River. Coined in 1296 when the Shen Prefecture (瀋州／沈州) was converted to Shenyang Circuit (瀋陽路).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shěnyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam² joeng⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Sṳ́m-yòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sem³ yong²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Sīng-iòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sím-iông / Sím-iâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shěnyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shěnyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Shên³-yang²
    • Yale: Shěn-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheenyang
    • Palladius: Шэньян (Šɛnʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam² joeng⁴
    • Yale: sám yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam² joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem² yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳ́m-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: siim` iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sim<sup>3</sup> yong<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sṳ́m-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: siim` (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sim³ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sem³ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /səm³¹ iɔŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sīng-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sím-iông
    • Tâi-lô: Sím-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sym'ioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sím-iâng
    • Tâi-lô: Sím-iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sym'iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iaŋ¹³/

Proper noun

瀋陽

1. (～市) Shenyang (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

• (historical) 奉天 (Fèngtiān), 盛京 (Shèngjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瀋陽):

• → Japanese: 瀋陽(しんよう) (Shin'yō)
• → Korean: 심양(瀋陽) (Simyang)
• → Vietnamese: Thẩm Dương (瀋陽)

Others:

• → English: Shenyang, Shen-yang
• → Japanese: 瀋(シェン)陽(ヤン) (Shen'yan)
• → Korean: 선양 (Seonyang)
• → Zhuang: Sinjyangz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瀋	陽
しん Hyōgaiji	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んよー [shíꜜǹ'yòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃jo̞ː]

Proper noun

瀋(しん)陽(よう) • (Shin'yō) 

1. Shenyang (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, China)