雅典

Chinese

		elegant	canon; dictionary
trad. (雅典)		雅	典
simp. #(雅典)		雅	典
anagram		典雅

Etymology

Borrowed from a European language; compare English Athens, German Athen, etc. Attested as early as 1838, in 古今萬國綱鑑 by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǎdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁵ din²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Ngâ-tién

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nga³ diên³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngá-tián / Ngée-tián
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ia-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎdiǎn [Phonetic: yádiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǎdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Ya³-tien³
    • Yale: Yǎ-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeadean
    • Palladius: Ядянь (Jadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁵ din²
    • Yale: ngáh dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁵ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁵ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː¹³ tiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngâ-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: nga´ dien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nga¹ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa²⁴ ti̯en³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nga³ diên³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋa³¹ tiɛn³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngá-tián
    • Tâi-lô: Ngá-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngafdiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ŋã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngée-tián
    • Tâi-lô: Ngée-tián
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ia-ti
    • MiniDict: ia^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ia-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia³³ ti⁴⁴/

Proper noun

雅典

1. Athens (a city, the capital city of Greece)
   • 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 6, page 26:

     余嘗聞之英官李太郭云：雅典最講文學，肄習之精，為泰西之鄒魯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余尝闻之英官李太郭云：雅典最讲文学，肄习之精，为泰西之邹鲁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yú cháng wén zhī Yīng guān Lǐ Tàiguō yún: Yǎdiǎn zuì jiǎng wénxué, yìxí zhī jīng, wéi tàixī zhī Zōulǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 雅典主義／雅典主义 (Yǎdiǎnzhǔyì)
• 雅典娜 (Yǎdiǎnnà)