倫敦

See also: 伦敦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (倫敦)		倫	敦
simp. (伦敦)		伦	敦
anagram		敦倫／敦伦

Etymology

Borrowed from English London.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lúndūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leon⁴ deon¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lun³ dun²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lùn-tûn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Lùng-dŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lûn-tun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵ dung¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶len-ten

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lúndūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lúndun
    • Wade–Giles: Lun²-tun¹
    • Yale: Lwún-dwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luenduen
    • Palladius: Луньдунь (Lunʹdunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ deon¹
    • Yale: lèuhn dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ tɵn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lun³ dun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lun²² tun⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lùn-tûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lun^ˇ dun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lun² dun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ tun²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lùng-dŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lûn-tun
    • Tâi-lô: Lûn-tun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lundwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² tun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ tun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lung⁵ dung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng tung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶len-ten
    • MiniDict: len^去 ten
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³len-ten
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lən²² tən⁴⁴/

Proper noun

倫敦

1. London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)

   英國倫敦大學地質學博士 [MSC, trad.]
   英国伦敦大学地质学博士 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīngguó Lúndūn dàxué dìzhìxué bóshì [Pinyin]

   Ph.D. Geology, University of London

   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 7, page 38:

     忽倫敦大火，焚宮室民居殆盡，已而瘟疫盛行，死者相枕藉，國勢頓衰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     忽伦敦大火，焚宫室民居殆尽，已而瘟疫盛行，死者相枕藉，国势顿衰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Hū Lúndūn dàhuǒ, fén gōngshì mínjū dàijìn, yǐ'ér wēnyì shèngxíng, sǐzhě xiàng zhěnjiè, guóshì dùn shuāi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. A transliteration of the English surname London

Derived terms

• 倫敦人／伦敦人 (Lúndūnrén)
• 倫敦城／伦敦城 (Lúndūn Chéng)
• 倫敦市／伦敦市 (Lúndūn Shì)
• 倫敦會／伦敦会 (Lúndūnhuì)
• 大倫敦／大伦敦 (Dà Lúndūn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倫敦):

• → Vietnamese: Luân Đôn (倫敦)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倫	敦
りん > ろん Grade: S (ateji)	とん > どん Jinmeiyō (ateji)
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English London. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 倫敦／伦敦 (Lúndūn).

Proper noun

倫敦(ロンドン) • (Rondon) 

1. Obsolete spelling of ロンドン.
   • 1936, Morita Sōhei (森田 草平), transl., クリスマス・カロル, translation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens:

     倫(ロン)敦(ドン)の町(まち)はすっかり消(き)えてなくなった。

     Rondon no machi wa sukkari kiete nakunatta.

     The city of London altogether disappeared.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
倫	敦

Proper noun

倫敦

1. chữ Hán form of Luân Đôn (“London”).