波士頓

See also: 波士顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (波士頓)		波	士	頓
simp. (波士顿)		波	士	顿

Etymology

Borrowed from English Boston.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bōshìdùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bo¹ si⁵ dun^5* / bo¹ si⁵ dun⁵ / bo¹ si^5-4 dun^5* / bo¹ si^5-4 dun⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pho-sū-tùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bōshìdùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Boshìhdùn
    • Wade–Giles: Po¹-shih⁴-tun⁴
    • Yale: Bwō-shr̀-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Boshyhduenn
    • Palladius: Бошидунь (Bošidunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2
    • Yale: bō sih déun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ si⁶ doen^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ xi⁶ dên^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ siː²² tɵn²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bo¹ si⁵ dun^5* / bo¹ si⁵ dun⁵ / bo¹ si^5-4 dun^5* / bo¹ si^5-4 dun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔ³³ si³² tun³²⁻³²⁵/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³² tun³²/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³²⁻²¹ tun³²⁻³²⁵/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³²⁻²¹ tun³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-sū-tùn
    • Tâi-lô: Pho-sū-tùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoisuxduxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ tun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/

Proper noun

波士頓

1. Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
   • 1888, T. L. Stedman, K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect, New York: William R. Jenkins Co., page 45:

     寄去波士頓，每十箇字，要廿五箇仙。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     寄去波士顿，每十个字，要廿五个仙。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     gei³ heoi³ bo¹ si⁶ deon⁶, mui⁵ sap⁶ go³ zi⁶, jiu³ je⁵ ng⁵ go³ sin¹. [Jyutping]

     The rates to Boston are twenty-five cents for ten words.