桑田

Chinese

		mulberry tree	field; farm
trad. (桑田)		桑	田
simp. ^#(桑田)		桑	田

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāngtián

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāngtián
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄤㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sangtián
  - Wade–Giles: sang¹-tʻien²
  - Yale: sāng-tyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangtyan
  - Palladius: сантянь (santjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

桑田

mulberry plantation

Derived terms

東海桑田 / 东海桑田
桑田滄海 / 桑田沧海 (sāngtiáncānghǎi)
渤澥桑田
滄海桑田 / 沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桑	田
そう Grade: S	でん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーでん [sòódéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

桑(そう)田(でん) • (sōden)

mulberry plantation

Derived terms

滄海桑田(そうかいそうでん) (sōkaisōden)
滄(そう)海(かい)変(へん)じて桑(そう)田(でん)となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru)
桑(そう)田(でん)滄(そう)海(かい) (sōdensōkai)
桑(そう)田(でん)変(へん)じて滄(そう)海(かい)となる (sōden henjite sōkai to naru)
桑(そう)田(でん)碧(へき)海(かい) (sōdenhekikai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桑	田
くわ Grade: S	た Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

桑(くわ)田(た) • (Kuwata)

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN