武旦

Chinese

		martial; military	female character
simp. and trad. (武旦)		武	旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ daan^3-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vu³ dan⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): vu² dan³
• Northern Min (KCR): ǔ-dui̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ū-dáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bú-tòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu² duan³

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u³ dan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔdàn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tan⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuudann
    • Palladius: удань (udanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ daan^3-2
    • Yale: móuh dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ daan^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ dan^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ taːn³³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vu³ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋu³¹ tan⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vu² dan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu⁵³ tæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ-dui̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹ tuiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ū-dáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-tòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bú-tuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'dvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhu² duan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bú tuàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bu⁵²⁻³⁵ tũã²¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u³ dan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴¹ tan⁴⁵/

Noun

武旦

1. (opera) one of the main divisions of the 旦 or female role in traditional opera (traditionally the role of a female warrior or martial artist)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 武旦 (“wudan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		武旦, 刀馬旦
Mandarin	Taiwan	武旦
	Harbin	刀馬旦
	Yantai (Muping)	刀馬旦
	Jinan	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Luoyang	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Wanrong	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Xi'an	武旦
	Xining	刀馬旦
	Ürümqi	刀馬旦
	Wuhan	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Chengdu	刀馬旦, 刀馬旦兒
	Guiyang	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Liuzhou	武旦
	Xuzhou	刀馬旦
	Yangzhou	武旦
	Nanjing	刀馬旦
Cantonese	Dongguan	刀馬旦
Gan	Lichuan	武旦
Hakka	Meixian	武旦
Jin	Taiyuan	武旦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	武旦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	武旦
Southern Min	Xiamen	武旦
	Chaozhou	武旦
	Leizhou	武旦
	Haikou	武旦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	武旦
Wu	Shanghai	刀馬旦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	武旦
	Suzhou	刀馬旦
	Danyang	武旦
	Hangzhou	刀馬旦
	Ningbo	武旦
	Wenzhou	武旦, 刀馬旦
Xiang	Changsha	武旦, 刀馬旦
	Loudi	武旦