Shantou

See also: shāntóu, Shàntóu, and Shan-t'ou

English

Alternative forms

• Shan-t'ou (Wade–Giles)
• Swatow (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From Mandarin 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shänʹtōʹ

Proper noun

Shantou

1. A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China.
   • 1967, Gargi Dutt, Rural Communes in China, Organizational Problems‎^[2], New York: Asia Publishing House, →OCLC, pages 111–112:

     A typical example was that of Shantou Special District in Kwangtung where in “full implementation” of party policies all the cadres from the brigades had been sent to the “front line of production” to lead the masses in spring planting and a total labour force of 2.42 million for the whole district, representing 81 per cent of its rural labour force, was mobilized for the purpose.

   • 2012 December 4, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese Garment Factory Fire Kills 14 in Guangdong”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-12-05, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     A fire at a lingerie factory killed 14 people in Shantou, a city in the southeastern Chinese province of Guangdong, on Tuesday, official news media said.

   • 2020 January 26, Yilei Sun, Samuel Shen, Tony Munroe, “China's Shantou city will not ban cars, ships, people from entering, state media reports”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 26 August 2022, World News‎^[6]:

     Shantou, which is more than 800 km (500 miles) from Wuhan city in central China, had also said earlier it would suspend the operation of buses, taxis and ferries from 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: شَانْتُو m (šantū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 汕頭／汕头 (saan³ tau⁴)

  Hokkien: 汕頭／汕头 (Sòaⁿ-thâu)

  Mandarin: 汕頭／汕头 (zh) (Shàntóu)

• French: Shantou m
• Hungarian: Santou (hu)
• Japanese: 汕頭 (せんとう, Sentō)
• Korean: 산터우 (Santeou)
• Russian: Шаньто́у m (Šanʹtóu)
• Thai: ซัวเถา (th) (suua-tǎo)
• Vietnamese: Sán Đầu