聖誕老人

See also: 圣诞老人

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder
trad. (聖誕老人)		聖誕	老人
simp. (圣诞老人)		圣诞	老人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngdàn Lǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Séng-dáng Lâu-nè̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-tàn Lāu-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngdàn Lǎorén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngdàn Lǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tan⁴ Lao³-jên²
    • Yale: Shèng-dàn Lǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqdann Laoren
    • Palladius: Шэндань Лаожэнь (Šɛndanʹ Laožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Yale: sing daan lóuh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ lou⁵ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Séng-dáng Lâu-nè̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɑŋ²¹³ l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn Lāu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn Lāu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdaxn lauxlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

聖誕老人

1. Santa Claus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕老人 (“Santa Claus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕老人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕老人, 耶誕老人, 聖誕老公公, 耶誕老公公
	Singapore	聖誕老人
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冬老爺
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	冬老爺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕老人
Southern Min	Taipei	聖誕老儂 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕老儂
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)