聖淘沙

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (聖淘沙)		聖	淘沙
simp. (圣淘沙)		圣	淘沙

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Sentosa.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngtáoshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ tou⁴ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngtáoshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngtáosha
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tʻao²-sha¹
    • Yale: Shèng-táu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqtaursha
    • Palladius: Шэнтаоша (Šɛntaoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ tou⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: sing tòuh sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ tou⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ tou⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tʰou̯²¹ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

聖淘沙

1. Sentosa (island resort in Singapore)