札幌

札幌

Chinese

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simp. and trad. (札幌)		札	幌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) (Sapporo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zháhuǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ fong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zháhuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jháhuǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Cha²-huang³
    • Yale: Já-hwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jarhoang
    • Palladius: Чжахуан (Čžaxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ xwɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaat³ fong²
    • Yale: jaat fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³ fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³ fɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

札幌

1. (～市) Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
札	幌
さつ > さっ Grade: 4 (ateji)	ほろ > ぽろ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet, literally “dry, great river”).[1]

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) さっぽろ [sàppóró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠p̚po̞ɾo̞]

Proper noun

札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) • (Sapporo) 

1. 札幌市: Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

• Russian: Са́ппоро m (Sápporo)

References

1. 札幌市 (February 21, 2011), “ふるさとの川史話いっぱい”, in 札幌市‎
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN