順德

See also: 顺德

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (順德)		順	德
simp. (顺德)		顺	德

Etymology

Coined in 1452 with the establishment of 順德縣 (“Shunde County”), following the suppression of the Huang Xiaoyang rebellion by the Ming government.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shùndé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon⁶ dak¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sun⁵ ak²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shùndé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shùndé
    • Wade–Giles: Shun⁴-tê²
    • Yale: Shwùn-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuennder
    • Palladius: Шуньдэ (Šunʹdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ dak¹
    • Yale: seuhn dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² tɐk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sun⁵ ak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sun³² ak̚⁵⁵/

Proper noun

順德

1. (～區, formerly ～縣) Shunde (a district and former county of Foshan, Guangdong, China)

Derived terms

• 得就得，唔得就返順德／得就得，唔得就返顺德 (Cantonese)
• 順得人／顺得人 (seon⁶ dak¹ jan⁴) (Cantonese)

 

Descendants

• → English: Shunde, Shuntak, Shun Tak