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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-thán / sir-thán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sītǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihtǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-tʻan³
    • Yale: sz̄-tǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytaan
    • Palladius: сытань (sytanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ taan²
    • Yale: sī táan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ taan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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

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

Usage notes

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