牛頓
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See also: 牛顿
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (牛頓) | 牛 | 頓 | |
| simp. (牛顿) | 牛 | 顿 | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Nióudùn
- Wade–Giles: Niu2-tun4
- Yale: Nyóu-dwùn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niouduenn
- Palladius: Нюдунь (Njudunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngau4 deon6-1 / ngau4 deon6
- Yale: ngàuh dēun / ngàuh deuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau4 doen6-1 / ngau4 doen6
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo4 dên6-1 / ngeo4 dên6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²⁻⁵⁵/, /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun
牛頓
- A transliteration of the English surname Newton
- (physics) Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.
Derived terms
Classifier
牛頓
References
- Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Newton 牛顿 ”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1999.