曾母暗沙

Chinese

		phonetic (James)	submerged sandbank
simp. and trad. (曾母暗沙)		曾母	暗沙

Map including 曾母暗沙 (詹姆沙) (MOI, 1947)

Etymology

Partial calque of English James Shoal, circa 1947; cf. earlier term (曾姆灘)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zēngmǔ Ànshā

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄥㄇㄨˇ ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zēngmǔ Ànshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄥㄇㄨˇ ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Zengmǔ Ànsha
  - Wade–Giles: Tsêng¹-mu³ An⁴-sha¹
  - Yale: Dzēng-mǔ Àn-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzengmuu Annsha
  - Palladius: Цзэнму Аньша (Czɛnmu Anʹša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹
  - Yale: jāng móuh am sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ mou⁵ em³ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ ɐm³³ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

曾母暗沙

James Shoal (submerged bank in the South China Sea)

Synonyms

(earlier, partial calque, mistranslation) 曾母灘／曾母滩

See also

雅各 (Yǎgè), 雅各伯 (Yǎgèbó)

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