書童

Chinese

		book; letter	boy; child; children
trad. (書童)		書	童
simp. (书童)		书	童
alternative forms		書僮／书僮
anagram		童書／童书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūtóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ tung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-tông / chir-tông / si-tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūtóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shutóng
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tʻung²
    • Yale: shū-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutorng
    • Palladius: шутун (šutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūtóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄊㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shutóngr
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-tʻung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shū-túngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shutorngl
    • Palladius: шутунр (šutunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu¹ tung⁴
    • Yale: syū tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-tông
    • Tâi-lô: su-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'doong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-tông
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-tông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-tông
    • Tâi-lô: si-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'doong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/

Noun

書童

1. pageboy; boy who attends a man or his sons in their studies