西門町

Chinese

		west gate of a walled city	raised path between fields
trad. (西門町)		西門	町
simp. (西门町)		西门	町

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 西門町 (Seimon-chō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīméndīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴ ding¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn-tên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-mn̂g-teng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīméndīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siménding
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²-ting¹
    • Yale: Syī-mén-dīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimending
    • Palladius: Симэньдин (Simɛnʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵ tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴ ding¹
    • Yale: sāi mùhn dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn-tên
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ mun^ˇ den^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun² den¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹ ten²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-mn̂g-teng
    • Tâi-lô: Se-mn̂g-ting
    • Phofsit Daibuun: semngdefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

西門町

1. Ximending (a neighbourhood of Taipei, Taiwan)