汕頭

See also: 汕头

Chinese

		Swatow	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (汕頭)		汕	頭
simp. (汕头)		汕	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³ tau⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): San-thèu / Sân-thèu
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sáng-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sòaⁿ-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suan¹ tao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàntóu
    • Wade–Giles: Shan⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: Shàn-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanntour
    • Palladius: Шаньтоу (Šanʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan³ tau⁴
    • Yale: saan tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan³ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san³ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: San-thèu / Sân-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: san teuˇ / san´ teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴ teu² / san¹ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵ tʰeu̯¹¹/, /san²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sáng-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)nau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sòaⁿ-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: Suànn-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoartaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suan¹ tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suaⁿ thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 汕頭

1. (～市) Shantou (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)

Descendants

• English: Shantou, Swatow
• Japanese: 汕頭(せんとう) (Sentō), 汕頭(スワトウ) (Suwatō), 汕頭(シャントウ) (Shantō)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
汕	頭
せん Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

The Sino-Japanese reading of Chinese 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu).

Proper noun

汕(せん)頭(とう) • (Sentō) 

1. Shantou (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汕	頭
すわ Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: 2
irregular

From 汕頭／汕头 (suan1 tao5). Compare English Swatow.

Proper noun

汕頭(スワトウ) • (Suwatō) ^{←スワタウ (swatau)?}

1. Shantou (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
汕	頭
しゃん Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: 2
irregular

From Mandarin 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu).

Proper noun

汕頭(シャントウ) • (Shantō) 

1. Shantou (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)