鮮于

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	surname
trad. (鮮于)		鮮	于
simp. (鲜于)		鲜	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiānyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jyu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sian-u / Sian-û / Sian-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiānyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sianyú
    • Wade–Giles: Hsien¹-yü²
    • Yale: Syān-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shianyu
    • Palladius: Сяньюй (Sjanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: sīn yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-u
    • Tâi-lô: Sian-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'w
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ u³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-û
    • Tâi-lô: Sian-û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'uu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² u²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sian-î
    • Tâi-lô: Sian-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sien'ii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/

Proper noun

鮮于

1. a surname

   • 天寶中，鮮于仲通南溪下兵，亦是此路，後遂閉絕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天宝中，鲜于仲通南溪下兵，亦是此路，后遂闭绝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 1

     Tiānbǎo zhōng, Xiānyú Zhòngtōng nánxī xiàbīng, yì shì cǐ lù, hòu suì bìjué. [Pinyin]

     During the Tianbao era, Xianyu Zhongtong sent down troops from Nanxi and used this road, but unexpectedly, they were utterly destroyed.