閩縣

Chinese

		Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min	a district; county
trad. (閩縣)		閩	縣
simp. (闽县)		闽	县

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǐnxiàn, Mínxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-gâing
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-koāiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐnxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: min³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: mǐn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinshiann
    • Palladius: миньсянь (minʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mínxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: min²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: mín-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minshiann
    • Palladius: миньсянь (minʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-gâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋaiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-koāiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bân-kuāinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bankvoai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² kuãi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban²³⁻³³ kuãi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban²⁴⁻¹¹ kuãi³³/

Proper noun

閩縣

1. (historical) Min (a historical county of Fujian, China)

Usage notes

It was merged with Houguan (侯官) County to form Minhou (閩侯／闽侯) County in 1912.

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bân”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 11; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 11