斯坦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (斯坦)		斯	坦

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian ـستان‎ (-estân).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sītǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ taan²
• Min Nan (POJ): su-thán / sir-thán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sītǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytaan
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ taan²
    • Yale: sī táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tan²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-thán
    • Tâi-lô: su-thán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'tarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-thán
    • Tâi-lô: sir-thán
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

Suffix

斯坦

1. -stan (element frequently found in country and region names of Central Asia)

Derived terms

• 印度斯坦 (Yìndùsītǎn)
• 吉爾吉斯斯坦／吉尔吉斯斯坦 (Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn)
• 哈薩克斯坦／哈萨克斯坦 (Hāsàkèsītǎn)
• 土庫曼斯坦／土库曼斯坦 (Tǔkùmànsītǎn)
• 塔吉克斯坦 (Tǎjíkèsītǎn)
• 塔塔爾斯坦／塔塔尔斯坦
• 巴基斯坦 (Bājīsītǎn)

• 庫爾德斯坦／库尔德斯坦 (Kù'ěrdésītǎn)
• 拉賈斯坦／拉贾斯坦
• 烏茲別克斯坦／乌兹别克斯坦 (Wūzībiékèsītǎn)
• 突厥斯坦 (Tūjuésītǎn)
• 興都斯坦／兴都斯坦 (Xīngdūsītǎn)
• 達吉斯坦／达吉斯坦
• 韃靼斯坦／鞑靼斯坦 (Dádásītǎn)

Usage note

• 巴勒斯坦 (Bālèsītǎn) also ends with 斯坦, but it is not formed with this suffix.