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

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

(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)

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