錢塘

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See also: 钱塘

Chinese

		surname	dyke
trad. (錢塘)		錢	塘
simp. (钱塘)		钱	塘
alternative forms		錢唐／钱唐

Wikipedia has articles on:

錢塘 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
錢塘 (Cantonese)
Qiantang (English)

Etymology

Named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu (錢鏐), ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiántáng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ tong⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhi-daon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiántáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciántáng
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-tʻang²
  - Yale: Chyán-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyantarng
  - Palladius: Цяньтан (Cjanʹtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ tong⁴
  - Yale: chìhn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhi-daon
  - MiniDict: zhi^去 daon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi-daan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

錢塘

(～江) Qiantang River (a river in Zhejiang, China)
(～縣) (historical) Qiantang (a county in ancient China; modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
(～區) Qiantang (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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