聖誕樹

See also: 圣诞树

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	tree
trad. (聖誕樹)		聖誕	樹
simp. (圣诞树)		圣诞	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngdànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ syu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tàn-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdànshù
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tan⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: shèng-dàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdannshuh
    • Palladius: шэнданьшу (šɛndanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ syu⁶
    • Yale: sing daan syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tàn-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tàn-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnchiu
    • IPA (Philippines): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

聖誕樹

1. Christmas tree (Classifier: 棵 m; 株 m; 樖 c) [from 1910s]
   • 1918, Henrik Ibsen, “娜拉 [A Doll's House]”, in 羅家倫, transl., 《新靑年》 [New Youth], volume 4, number 6, page 508:

     伊媽！你快把這株聖誕樹藏好。 [MSC, trad.]
     伊妈！你快把这株圣诞树藏好。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīmā! Nǐ kuài bǎ zhè zhū shèngdànshù cánghǎo. [Pinyin]

     Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕樹 (“Christmas tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕樹, 耶誕樹
	Singapore	聖誕樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕樹
Southern Min	Xiamen	聖誕樹
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕樹