深水埗

Chinese

		deep water
trad. (深水埗)		深水	埗
simp. #(深水埗)		深水	埗

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shēnshuǐbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ seoi² bou^6-2 / sam¹ seoi² pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shēnshuǐbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shenshuěibù
    • Wade–Giles: Shên¹-shui³-pu⁴
    • Yale: Shēn-shwěi-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenshoeibuh
    • Palladius: Шэньшуйбу (Šɛnʹšujbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ seoi² bou^6-2 / sam¹ seoi² pou²
    • Yale: sām séui bóu / sām séui póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ soey² bou^6-2 / sam¹ soey² pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ sêu² bou^6-2 / sem¹ sêu² pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pou̯²²⁻³⁵/, /sɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

Proper noun

深水埗

1. Sham Shui Po (an area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
2. (～區) Sham Shui Po (a district of Hong Kong)

Descendants

• → English: Sham Shui Po