深圳

Chinese

		deep; profound	furrow in field, small drainage
simp. and trad. (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 province of southern China, just north of Hong Kong

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Japanese

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

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.

Also, the character "圳" isn't included in the first Japanese encoding system, so the city name is commonly written as 深セン.

Proper noun

深圳 (hiragana しんせん, rōmaji Shinsen)

1. Shenzhen