頭曼

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (頭曼)		頭	曼
simp. (头曼)		头	曼

Etymology

Borrowed from Xiongnu. Compare Mongolian түмэн (tümen, “ten thousand”) and Ottoman Turkish تومان (“ten thousand”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tóumàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tóumàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tóumàn
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻou²-man⁴
    • Yale: Tóu-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tourmann
    • Palladius: Тоумань (Toumanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ män⁵¹/

Proper noun

頭曼

1. (～單于) Touman: Touman Chanyu, the earliest named leader of the Xiongnu Empire

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (頭曼):

• → Japanese: 頭曼(とうまん) (Tōman)
• → Korean: 두만(頭曼) (Duman)
• → Vietnamese: Đầu Mạn (頭曼)