Xiamen

Xiamen

See also: Xiàmén

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Hsiamen, Hsia-men
• Siamen

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃjɑːˈmɛn/

Proper noun

Xiamen

1. A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Fujian, in southeastern China.

Synonyms

• (from Hokkien) Amoy

Translations

a sub-provincial city in southeastern China

Arabic: شْيَامِن‎ m (šyāmin) Chinese: Cantonese: 廈門, 厦门 (haa6 mun4) Hakka: 廈門, 厦门 (Ha-mùn) Mandarin: 廈門／厦门 (zh) (Xiàmén) Min Nan: 廈門 (zh-min-nan), 厦门 (zh-min-nan) (Ē-mn̂g, Ēe-mûi) Finnish: Xiamen French: Xiamen (fr), Amoy (fr) m (dated) Hungarian: Hsziamen Japanese: 廈門 (アモイ, Amoi, シャーメン, Shāmen), アモイ (Amoi) Korean: 샤먼 (syameon) Macedonian: Шјиамен m (Šjiamen) Portuguese: Xiamen f Russian: Сямэ́нь m (Sjamɛ́nʹ), Сямы́нь (ru) m (Sjamýnʹ) Spanish: Xiamen Vietnamese: Hạ Môn

References

1. Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015), “Transliteration Tables”, in , Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, page 428: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Amoy (Hsiamen) / Xiamen / 廈門”

Anagrams

• Manxie, Maxine, Mixean, examin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Proper noun

Xiamen f

1. Xiamen (a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Fujian, in southeastern China)