札幌

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (札幌)		札	幌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) (Sapporo), from Ainu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zháhuǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ fong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zháhuǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jháhuǎng
  - Wade–Giles: Cha²-huang³
  - Yale: Já-hwǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jarhoang
  - Palladius: Чжахуан (Čžaxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaat³ fong²
  - Yale: jaat fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ fong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zad³ fong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³ fɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

札幌

(～市) Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
- 2001, “飛花”, in 陳少琪 (lyrics), 飛花, performed by 李克勤:
  
  同遊零度下純白色的札幌 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  同游零度下纯白色的札幌 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  tung⁴ jau⁴ ling⁴ dou⁶ haa⁶ seon⁴ baak⁶ sik¹ dik¹ zaat³ fong² [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
札	幌
さつ > さっ Grade: 4 (ateji)	ほろ > ぽろ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet, literally “dry, great river”).^[1] The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さっぽろ [sàppóró] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠p̚po̞ɾo̞]

Proper noun

札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) • (Sapporo)

札幌市: Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

→ English: Sapporo
→ Russian: Са́ппоро m (Sápporo)

References

^ 札幌市 (21 February 2011) “ふるさとの川史話いっぱい”, in 札幌市‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 July 2015
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN