西蒙

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (西蒙)		西	蒙
simp. #(西蒙)		西	蒙

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siméng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mêng²
    • Yale: Syī-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimeng
    • Palladius: Симэн (Simɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mung⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ mʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

西蒙

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) Simon
2. A transliteration of the English male given name Simon

Synonyms

Terms for Simon in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	西門
Roman Catholic	西滿
Eastern Orthodox	西蒙
Church of the East	岑穩

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Simon 西蒙”, 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 2553.