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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīméndīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn-tên
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ den´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun² den¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ 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

Ximending (a neighbourhood of Taipei, Taiwan)

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