代縣

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	a district; county
trad. (代縣)		代	縣
simp. (代县)		代	县

Etymology

After the former Dai Prefecture (代州) which it replaced.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Tai⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: Dài-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dayshiann
    • Palladius: Дайсянь (Dajsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doi⁶ jyun⁶
    • Yale: doih yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: doi⁶ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² jyːn²²/

Proper noun

代縣

1. Dai County (a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China)