肯特

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kěntè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄊㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² dak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kěntè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄊㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kěntè
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻên³-tʻê⁴
    • Yale: Kěn-tè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Keenteh
    • Palladius: Кэньтэ (Kɛnʹtɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² dak⁶
    • Yale: háng dahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² dak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² deg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ tɐk̚²/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (肯特)		肯	特
simp. #(肯特)		肯	特
alternative forms		肯忒

Qing-era transcription of Manchu ᡴᡝᠨᡨᡝᡳ (kentei), from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠨᠲᠡᠢ (kentei).

Proper noun

肯特

1. (～山) Khentii Mountains (mountain range in Mongolia)
2. (～省) Khentii (a province of Mongolia)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (肯特)		肯	特
simp. #(肯特)		肯	特

Borrowed from English Kent.

Proper noun

肯特

1. (～郡) Kent (a county of England, United Kingdom)
2. (～縣) Kent (a county of Rhode Island, United States)
3. (～市) Kent (a city in Washington, United States)
4. A transliteration of the English surname Kent

Synonyms

• (county of England): (Cantonese) 根德

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Kent 肯特 [瑞典、土、英、丹]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1473.