牛頓

See also: 牛顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (牛頓)		牛	頓
simp. (牛顿)		牛	顿

Etymology

Borrowed from English Newton.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Niúdùn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ deon^6-1, ngau⁴ deon⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gû-tùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Niúdùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nióudùn
  - Wade–Giles: Niu²-tun⁴
  - Yale: Nyóu-dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niouduenn
  - Palladius: Нюдунь (Njudunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ deon^6-1, ngau⁴ deon⁶
  - Yale: ngàuh dēun, ngàuh deuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ doen^6-1, ngau⁴ doen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ dên^6-1, ngeo⁴ dên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²⁻⁵⁵/, /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gû-tùn
  - Tâi-lô: Gû-tùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'duxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² tun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tun²¹/

Proper noun

牛頓

A transliteration of the English surname Newton
(physics) Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.

Derived terms

牛頓環／牛顿环 (niúdùnhuán)

Classifier

牛頓

(physics) newton (force unit)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Newton 牛顿 [英、西、葡]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1999.

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