華盛頓

See also: 华盛顿

Chinese

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Etymology

From English Washington, probably via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huáshèngdùn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Fà-sṳn-tún

(Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ sen⁴ dun⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Hôa-sēng-tùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huáshèngdùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huáshèngdùn
  - Wade–Giles: Hua²-shêng⁴-tun⁴
  - Yale: Hwá-shèng-dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashenqduenn
  - Palladius: Хуашэндунь (Xuašɛndunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶
  - Yale: wàh sihng deuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ sing⁶ doen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ xing⁶ dên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ sɪŋ²² tɵn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-sṳn-tún
  - Hakka Romanization System: faˇ siin dun`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa² sin⁴ dun³
  - Sinological IPA: /fa¹¹ sɨn⁵⁵ tun³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fa¹ sen⁴ dun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sən⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tun⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-sēng-tùn
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-sīng-tùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoasexngduxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tun²¹/

Proper noun

華盛頓

A transliteration of the English surname Washington.
(～哥倫比亞特區, ～特區) Washington, D.C. (federal capital of the United States of America)
(～州) Washington (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

(state in the USA): (short) 華州／华州 (Huázhōu)

Derived terms

華盛頓哥倫比亞特區／华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 (Huáshèngdùn Gēlúnbǐyà Tèqū)
華盛頓特區／华盛顿特区 (Huáshèngdùn Tèqū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (華盛頓):

→ Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
→ Korean: 화성돈(華盛頓) (hwaseongdon)
→ Vietnamese: Hoa Thịnh Đốn (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Washington 华盛顿 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2954.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	盛	頓
わ Grade: S	しん Grade: 6	とん Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

ateji (当て字), from Chinese 華盛頓／华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn), Cantonese 華盛頓／华盛顿 (waa4 sing6 deon6).
Borrowed from English Washington.

Proper noun

華盛頓(ワシントン) • (Washinton)

Obsolete spelling of ワシントン

Korean

Hanja in this term
華	盛	頓

Proper noun

華盛頓 • (Hwaseongdon) (hangeul 화성돈)

Hanja form^? of 화성돈 (“(obsolete) Washington”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
華	盛	頓

Proper noun

華盛頓

chữ Hán form of Hoa Thịnh Đốn (“Washington”).

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