紅毛丹

See also: 红毛丹

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
trad. (紅毛丹)		紅	毛	丹
simp. (红毛丹)		红	毛	丹
Literally: “red-haired pellet”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Malay rambutan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngmáodān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): âng-mô͘-tan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ mo⁵ dang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmáodān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmáodan
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-mao²-tan¹
    • Yale: húng-máu-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmaudan
    • Palladius: хунмаодань (xunmaodanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
    • Yale: hùhng mòuh dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mou⁴ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ taːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mô͘-tan
    • Tâi-lô: âng-môo-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angmo'dafn
    • IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ mɔ²³⁻²¹ tan³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mɔ²⁴⁻²¹ tan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵ mo⁵ dang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng mô tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

(Pontianak Teochew) IPA^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tan³³/

Noun

紅毛丹/红毛丹

紅毛丹

1. rambutan (fruit)

Synonyms

• 韶子 (sháozi)