民雄

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (民雄)		民	雄

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民雄(たみお) (tamio), from Hokkien 打貓／打猫 (Tánn-niau), from Papora.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mínxióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ hung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bîn-hiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mínxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mínsyóng
    • Wade–Giles: Min²-hsiung²
    • Yale: Mín-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Minshyong
    • Palladius: Миньсюн (Minʹsjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ hung⁴
    • Yale: màhn hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-hiông
    • Tâi-lô: Bîn-hiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binhioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

民雄

1. (～鄉) Minxiong (a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan)