民雄

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (民雄)		民	雄

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民雄(たみお) (tamio), from Hokkien 打貓 / 打猫 (Tánn-niau), from Papora.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mínxióng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ hung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bîn-hiông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mínxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mínsyóng
  - Wade–Giles: Min²-hsiung²
  - Yale: Mín-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Minshyong
  - Palladius: Миньсюн (Minʹsjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ hung⁴
  - Yale: màhn hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ hʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bîn-hiông
  - Tâi-lô: Bîn-hiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: binhioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

民雄

(～鄉) Minxiong (a rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan)