貂蟬

See also: 貂蝉

Chinese

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

Diaochan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Diāochán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ sim⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiau-siâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Diāochán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Diaochán
    • Wade–Giles: Tiao¹-chʻan²
    • Yale: Dyāu-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Diaucharn
    • Palladius: Дяочань (Djaočanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ sim⁴
    • Yale: dīu sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ siːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiau-siâm
    • Tâi-lô: Tiau-siâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diausiaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² siam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³ siam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² siam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ siam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ siam²³/

Proper noun

貂蟬

1. Diaochan (a character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)