男旦

Chinese

		male	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
simp. and trad. (男旦)		男	旦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nándàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ daan^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nándàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nándàn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tan⁴
    • Yale: nán-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nandann
    • Palladius: наньдань (nanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ daan^3-2
    • Yale: nàahm dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ daan^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ dan^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ taːn³³⁻³⁵/

Noun

男旦

1. (Chinese opera) male actor performing as a dan (female role)