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貂蟬

貂蟬

See also: 貂蝉

Chinese

		sable; marten	cicada
trad. (貂蟬)		貂	蟬
simp. (貂蝉)		貂	蝉

Proper noun

貂蟬

Diao Chan (a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

References

貂蟬 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Diao Chan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Diāo Chán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠㄔㄢˊ
Min Nan (POJ): tiau-siâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Diāo Chán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠㄔㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Diau Chanr
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-siâm
  - Tâi-lô: tiau-siâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diausiaam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ³³ ɕiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiam²³/