錢塘

See also: 钱塘

Chinese

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

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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhi-daon

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• 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

1. (～江) Qiantang River (a river in Zhejiang, China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Qiantang (a county in ancient China; modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang)