休斯敦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (休斯敦)		休	斯	敦

Etymology

Borrowed from English Houston.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiūsīdūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ si¹ deon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiūsīdūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siousihdun
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiu¹-ssŭ¹-tun¹
    • Yale: Syōu-sz̄-dwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiousyduen
    • Palladius: Сюсыдунь (Sjusydunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ si¹ deon¹
    • Yale: yāu sī dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ si¹ doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xi¹ dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

休斯敦

1. (chiefly Mainland China) Houston (a large city in Texas, United States)
2. a transliteration of the English surname and male given name Houston

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 休士頓／休士顿 (Xiūshìdùn)
• (Hong Kong) 侯斯頓／侯斯顿 (Hóusīdùn)
• (uncommon) 曉士頓／晓士顿 (Xiǎoshìdùn), 曉市頓／晓市顿 (Xiǎoshìdùn)
• 休斯頓／休斯顿 (Xiūsīdùn)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Houston 休斯敦 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1307.