薩摩耶犬

Chinese

		Samoyed	dog
trad. (薩摩耶犬)		薩摩耶	犬
simp. (萨摩耶犬)		萨摩耶	犬

Etymology

薩摩耶／萨摩耶 (sàmóyē, “Samoyed”) +‎ 犬 (quǎn, “canis, dog”). The former part is from English Samoyed, from Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàmóyēquǎn, sàmóyéquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄝ ㄑㄩㄢˇ, ㄙㄚˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ mo¹ je⁴ hyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàmóyēquǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄝ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàmóyecyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴-mo²-yeh¹-chʻüan³
    • Yale: sà-mwó-yē-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahmoiecheuan
    • Palladius: самоецюань (samojecjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàmóyéquǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄇㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàmóyécyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴-mo²-yeh²-chʻüan³
    • Yale: sà-mwó-yé-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahmoyecheuan
    • Palladius: самоецюань (samojecjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ mo¹ je⁴ hyun²
    • Yale: saat mō yèh hyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ mo¹ je⁴ hyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ mo¹ yé⁴ hün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ mɔː⁵⁵ jɛː²¹ hyːn³⁵/

Noun

薩摩耶犬

1. Samoyed (dog breed)