莆田

Chinese

		place name	field; farm
trad. (莆田)		莆	田
simp. #(莆田)		莆	田

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pútián

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tin⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Phù-thièn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pu² tiên²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Buò-dièng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pou² ceng²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Phô͘-chhân / Pô͘-chhân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pu⁵ cang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu-di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pútián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pútián
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻu²-tʻien²
    • Yale: Pú-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pwutyan
    • Palladius: Путянь (Putjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tin⁴
    • Yale: pòuh tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Phù-thièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˇ tien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu² tian²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ tʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pu² tiên²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu¹¹ tʰiɛn¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Buò-dièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puo⁵³⁻³³ ^(t-)lieŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pou² ceng² [Phonetic: pou⁵ leng²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Pó-chéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔu¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lɛŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phô͘-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: Phôo-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phozhaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pô͘-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: Pôo-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pozhaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pu⁵ cang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phû tshâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu-di
    • MiniDict: bu^去 di
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² di⁴⁴/

Proper noun

莆田

1. (～市) Putian (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Putian (a former county of Fujian, China)
3. (～地區) (historical) Putian (a former prefecture of Fujian, China)

Derived terms

• 莆田系 (pútiánxì)
• 莆田話 / 莆田话 (Pútiánhuà)

 

Descendants

• → English: Putian, Putien, P'u-t'ien

References

• William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC, page 554.