莆田
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Chinese
| place name | field; farm | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (莆田) | 莆 | 田 | |
| simp. #(莆田) | 莆 | 田 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pou4 tin4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Buò-dièng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pou2 ceng2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6bu-di
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Pútián
- Wade–Giles: Pʻu2-tʻien2
- Yale: Pú-tyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pwutyan
- Palladius: Путянь (Putjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pou4 tin4
- Yale: pòuh tìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou4 tin4
- Guangdong Romanization: pou4 tin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Phù-thièn
- Hakka Romanization System: puˇ tienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pu2 tian2
- Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ tʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Buò-dièng
- Sinological IPA (key): /puo⁵³⁻³³ (t-)lieŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: pou2 ceng2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Pó-chéng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɔu¹³⁻²¹ (t͡sʰ-)lɛŋ¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phô͘-chhân
- Tâi-lô: Phôo-tshân
- Phofsit Daibuun: phozhaan
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pô͘-chhân
- Tâi-lô: Pôo-tshân
- Phofsit Daibuun: pozhaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: pu5 cang5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû tshâng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Proper noun
莆田
- (～市) Putian (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)
- (～縣) (historical) Putian (a former county of Fujian, China)
- (～地區) (historical) Putian (a former prefecture of Fujian, China)