佐藤

Chinese

		assist	rattan; cane
trad. (佐藤)		佐	藤
simp. #(佐藤)		佐	藤

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 佐(さ)藤(とう) (Satō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zuǒténg

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo³ tang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒténg
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zuǒténg
    • Wade–Giles: Tso³-tʻêng²
    • Yale: Dzwǒ-téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzuooterng
    • Palladius: Цзотэн (Czotɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo³ tang⁴
    • Yale: jo tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo³ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo³ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³³ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Proper noun

佐藤

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 佐藤, Satō

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佐	藤
さ Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さとー [sáꜜtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠to̞ː]

Proper noun

佐(さ)藤(とう) • (Satō) 

1. a surname: the most common surname in Japan.

   Coordinate terms: 鈴木 (Suzuki), 高橋 (Takahashi), 田中 (Tanaka), 渡辺 (Watanabe)

Descendants

• English: Sato
• Chinese: 佐藤 (Zuǒténg)
• French: Sato
• Portuguese: Sato
• Tagalog: Sato