深圳

Chinese

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

Map including Shenzhen (labeled as Shen-ch'üan (Shumchün) 深圳) (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

Originally as 深圳墟 (Shēnzhèn xū, “Shenzhen Market”) and referred to a market town located in present-day Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen. The name is first attested in Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1688].

In 1979, Bao'an County (寶安縣 / 宝安县) of Guangdong was renamed and converted to Shenzhen City (深圳市 (Shēnzhèn shì)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shēnzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam¹ zan³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sim¹ zun¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chhṳ̂m-chun

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cem¹ zun⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chhim-chùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cim¹ zung³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sen-tsen₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shēnzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shenjhèn
    • Wade–Giles: Shên¹-chên⁴
    • Yale: Shēn-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenjenn
    • Palladius: Шэньчжэнь (Šɛnʹčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ zan³
    • Yale: sām jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sim¹ zun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³ t͡sun³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhṳ̂m-chun
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˊ zun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ zun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cem¹ zun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰəm⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sun⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhim-chùn
    • Tâi-lô: Tshim-tsùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimzuxn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ t͡sun⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cim¹ zung³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshim tsùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim³³⁻²³ t͡suŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sen-tsen₅
    • MiniDict: sen^平 tsen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen-tsen₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵⁵ t͡sən²¹/

Proper noun

深圳

1. (～市) Shenzhen (a subprovincial city of Guangdong, China)
2. (～鎮) (historical) Shenzhen (a former town in Bao'an county, Guangdong, China)

Descendants

• → English: Shenzhen, Shumchun

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	圳
しん Grade: 3	せん Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
深セン

Alternative forms

The character "圳" is not 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.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 深圳 (Shēnzhèn). 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.

Proper noun

深(しん)圳(せん) • (Shinsen) 

1. Shenzhen (a major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	圳

Proper noun

深圳 • (simcheon) (hangeul 심천)

1. hanja form^? of 심천 (“Shenzhen (a subprovincial city of Guangdong, China)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
深	圳

Proper noun

深圳

1. chữ Hán form of Thâm Quyến (“Shenzhen”)