華盛頓

See also: 华盛顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (華盛頓)		華	盛	頓
simp. (华盛顿)		华	盛	顿

Etymology

From English Washington, probably via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huáshèngdùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Fà-sṳn-tún

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fa¹ sen⁴ dun⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hôa-sēng-tùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huáshèngdùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huáshèngdùn
    • Wade–Giles: Hua²-shêng⁴-tun⁴
    • Yale: Hwá-shèng-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashenqduenn
    • Palladius: Хуашэндунь (Xuašɛndunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁴ sing⁶ deon⁶
    • Yale: wàh sihng deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ sing⁶ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ xing⁶ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹ sɪŋ²² tɵn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-sṳn-tún
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa^ˇ siin dun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa² sin⁴ dun³
    • Sinological IPA: /fa¹¹ sɨn⁵⁵ tun³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa¹ sen⁴ dun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sən⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tun⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-sēng-tùn
    • Tâi-lô: Huâ-sīng-tùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoasexngduxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tun²¹/

Proper noun

華盛頓

1. A transliteration of the English surname Washington
2. (～哥倫比亞特區, ～特區) Washington, D.C. (federal capital of the United States of America)
3. (～州) Washington (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• (state in the USA): (short) 華州／华州 (Huázhōu)

Derived terms

• 華盛頓哥倫比亞特區／华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 (Huáshèngdùn Gēlúnbǐyà Tèqū)
• 華盛頓特區／华盛顿特区 (Huáshèngdùn Tèqū)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (華盛頓):

• → Japanese: 華盛頓(ワシントン) (washinton)
• → Korean: 화성돈(華盛頓) (hwaseongdon)
• → Vietnamese: Hoa Thịnh Đốn (華盛頓)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Washington 华盛顿 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2954.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	盛	頓
わ Grade: S	しん Grade: 6	とん Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English Washington. The Chinese characters are ateji (当て字) from Chinese 華盛頓／华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn), Cantonese 華盛頓／华盛顿 (waa4 sing6 deon6).

Proper noun

華盛頓(ワシントン) • (Washinton) 

1. Obsolete spelling of ワシントン.

Korean

Hanja in this term
華	盛	頓

Proper noun

華盛頓 • (Hwaseongdon) (hangeul 화성돈)

1. hanja form^? of 화성돈 (“(obsolete) Washington”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
華	盛	頓

Proper noun

華盛頓

1. chữ Hán form of Hoa Thịnh Đốn (“Washington”).