王子屯

Chinese

		prince	to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult; stingy
simp. and trad. (王子屯)		王子	屯

Etymology

Calque-phono-semantic matching of English Princeton, coined to resemble the name of a genuine Chinese village.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wángzǐtún

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wángzǐtún
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wángzǐhtún
    • Wade–Giles: Wang²-tzŭ³-tʻun²
    • Yale: Wáng-dž-twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wangtzyytwen
    • Palladius: Ванцзытунь (Vanczytunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯ən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángzǐtúnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángzǐhtúnr
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-tzŭ³-tʻun²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wáng-dž-twúnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangtzyytwel
    • Palladius: ванцзытуньр (vanczytunʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯əɻ³⁵/

Proper noun

王子屯

1. (informal, humorous) Princeton (a town in New Jersey, United States)

Synonyms

• 普林斯頓／普林斯顿 (Pǔlínsīdùn)