參孫

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (參孫)		參	孫
simp. (参孙)		参	孙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Cānsūn, Sānsūn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢㄙㄨㄣ, ㄙㄢㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Cānsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cansun
  - Wade–Giles: Tsʻan¹-sun¹
  - Yale: Tsān-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsansuen
  - Palladius: Цаньсунь (Canʹsunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sānsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sansun
  - Wade–Giles: San¹-sun¹
  - Yale: Sān-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sansuen
  - Palladius: Саньсунь (Sanʹsunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/

Note: Sānsūn, ref Cihai.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ syun¹
  - Yale: sām syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

參孫

(Protestantism) Samson
- 1963, 瓊瑤, chapter 6, in 窗外:
  
  假如他是參孫，他會願意用他的大力氣給她打出一個天地來。 [MSC, trad.]
  假如他是参孙，他会愿意用他的大力气给她打出一个天地来。 [MSC, simp.]
  Jiǎrú tā shì Cānsūn, tā huì yuànyì yòng tā de dà lìqì gěi tā dǎ chū yī ge tiāndì lái. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Terms for Samson in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	參孫
Roman Catholic	三松