永定

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (永定)		永	定

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǒngdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ ding⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Yún-thin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Éng-tēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): iong² dian⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngdìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngdìng
  - Wade–Giles: Yung³-ting⁴
  - Yale: Yǔng-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongdinq
  - Palladius: Юндин (Jundin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wing⁵ ding⁶
  - Yale: wíhng dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ tɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun^ˋ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yún-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun^ˋ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: Íng-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efngdeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iong² dian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng tiāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

Proper noun

永定

(～區, formerly ～縣) Yongding (a district and former county of Longyan, Fujian, China)
(～區) Yongding (a district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China)
Yongding (a river flowing through Shanxi, Hebei and Tianjin provinces, the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the city of Beijing; it flows for 400 miles and empties into the Hai River)

Descendants

→ English: Engteng, Yongding, Yung-ting

See also

永定河 (Yǒngdìng Hé)