坤甸

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (坤甸)		坤	甸

Etymology

From Malay kuntilanak, a female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, also the former name of the city.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kūndiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣㄉㄧㄢˋ
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kung¹ diang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kūndiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kundiàn
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹-tien⁴
  - Yale: Kwūn-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuendiann
  - Palladius: Куньдянь (Kunʹdjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kung¹ diang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khung tiăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²³ tiaŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

坤甸

(～市) Pontianak (a city, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: Khuntien, Kun Tian
- → English: Khuntien, Kun Tian

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