約旦

See also: 约旦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (約旦)		約	旦
simp. (约旦)		约	旦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuēdàn
(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek³ daan³, joek³ daan⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Yok-tan
(Meixian, Guangdong): yog⁵ dan⁴
Min Dong (BUC): Iók-dáng
Min Nan (POJ): Iok-tàn / Iak-tàn / Ioh-tòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yuēdàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuedàn
  - Wade–Giles: Yüeh¹-tan⁴
  - Yale: Ywē-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iuedann
  - Palladius: Юэдань (Juedanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek³ daan³, joek³ daan⁶
  - Yale: yeuk daan, yeuk daahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁸ daan³, joek⁸ daan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg³ dan³, yêg³ dan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚³ taːn³³/, /jœːk̚³ taːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-tan
  - Hakka Romanization System: iog` dan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ dan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚² tan⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yok-tan
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog` dan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁵ dan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚² tan⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yog⁵ dan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /iɔk̚¹ tan⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iók-dáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iok-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: Iok-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iokdaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tan¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iak-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: Iak-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iakdaxn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚³²⁻⁵ tan²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ioh-tòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Ioh-tuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioihdvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tuã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tuã¹¹/

Proper noun

約旦

Jordan (country)
(～河) the Jordan River

Related terms

喬丹／乔丹 (Qiáodān)