民鐵吾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (民鐵吾)		民	鐵	吾
simp. (民铁吾)		民	铁	吾

Etymology

From English Manhattan, via Taishanese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míntiěwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): man⁴ tit³ ng⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): min³ het¹ m³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míntiěwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míntiěwú
    • Wade–Giles: Min²-tʻieh³-wu²
    • Yale: Mín-tyě-wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mintieewu
    • Palladius: Миньтеу (Minʹteu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ tit³ ng⁴
    • Yale: màhn tit ǹgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ tit⁸ ng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ tid³ ng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ tʰiːt̚³ ŋ̍²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: min³ het¹ m³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbin²² het̚³³ m̩²²/

Proper noun

民鐵吾

1. (chiefly Taishanese) Manhattan (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Taiwan) 曼赫頓／曼赫顿
• (Cantonese) 曼克頓／曼克顿
• (Mandarin) 曼哈頓／曼哈顿 (Mànhādùn)