金斯敦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (金斯敦)		金	斯	敦

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kingston or Kingstown.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnsīdūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ si¹ deon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnsīdūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinsihdun
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-ssŭ¹-tun¹
    • Yale: Jīn-sz̄-dwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinsyduen
    • Palladius: Цзиньсыдунь (Czinʹsydunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ si¹ deon¹
    • Yale: gām sī dēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ si¹ doen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ xi¹ dên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

金斯敦

1. Kingston (a city, the capital city of Jamaica)
2. Kingstown (a city, the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
3. Alternative name for 金斯頓／金斯顿 (“various cities named Kingston”).

Synonyms

• (capital of Jamaica): 京斯敦 (Jīngsīdūn)
• (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): 金石城 (Jīnshíchéng)