永定

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (永定)		永	定

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒngdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ ding⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Éng-tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong² dian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngdìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngdìng
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-ting⁴
    • Yale: Yǔng-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongdinq
    • Palladius: Юндин (Jundin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ ding⁶
    • Yale: wíhng dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: Íng-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngdeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong² dian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng tiāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

Proper noun

永定

1. (～區, formerly ～縣) Yongding (a district and former county of Longyan, Fujian, China)
2. (～區) Yongding (a district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Engteng, Yongding, Yung-ting

See also

• 永定河 (Yǒngdìng Hé)