深圳

Chinese

		deep; profound	furrow in field, small drainage
trad. (深圳)		深	圳
simp. #(深圳)		深	圳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shēnzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ zan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhṳ̂m-chun
• Min Dong (BUC): Chĭng-dáung
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chhim-chùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cim¹ zung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shēnzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenjenn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ zan³
    • Yale: sām jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ zen³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhṳ̂m-chun
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim´ zun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ zun⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-dáung
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɑuŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhim-chùn
    • Tâi-lô: Tshim-tsùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimzuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰim³³ t͡sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim¹ zung³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshim tsùng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim³³⁻²³ t͡suŋ²¹³/

Proper noun

深圳

1. (～市) Shenzhen (a city in Guangdong, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	圳
しん Grade: 3	せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 深セン

Etymology

The spelling is borrowed from Chinese. Sen is not an expected on-reading of 圳 and may derive from 川's on-reading of sen, which serves as a kan'yoon reading.

Also, the character "圳" isn't included in the first Japanese encoding system (due to its inclusion in the JIS X 0213 encoding), so the city name is commonly written as 深セン.

Proper noun

深圳 (hiragana しんせん, rōmaji Shinsen)

1. Shenzhen