波士頓

See also: 波士顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (波士頓)		波	士	頓
simp. (波士顿)		波	士	顿

Etymology

Borrowed from English Boston.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bōshìdùn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bo¹ si⁵ dun^5* / bo¹ si⁵ dun⁵ / bo¹ si^5-4 dun^5* / bo¹ si^5-4 dun⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pho-sū-tùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bōshìdùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Boshìhdùn
  - Wade–Giles: Po¹-shih⁴-tun⁴
  - Yale: Bwō-shr̀-dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Boshyhduenn
  - Palladius: Бошидунь (Bošidunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo¹ si⁶ deon^6-2
  - Yale: bō sih déun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ si⁶ doen^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ xi⁶ dên^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ siː²² tɵn²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bo¹ si⁵ dun^5* / bo¹ si⁵ dun⁵ / bo¹ si^5-4 dun^5* / bo¹ si^5-4 dun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔ³³ si³² tun³²⁻³²⁵/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³² tun³²/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³²⁻²¹ tun³²⁻³²⁵/, /pᵘɔ³³ si³²⁻²¹ tun³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pho-sū-tùn
  - Tâi-lô: Pho-sū-tùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoisuxduxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻²¹ tun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/

Proper noun

波士頓

Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
- 1888, T. L. Stedman, K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect, New York: William R. Jenkins Co., page 45:
  
  寄去波士頓，每十箇字，要廿五箇仙。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  寄去波士顿，每十个字，要廿五个仙。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  gei³ heoi³ bo¹ si⁶ deon⁶, mui⁵ sap⁶ go³ zi⁶, jiu³ je⁵ ng⁵ go³ sin¹. [Jyutping]
  The rates to Boston are twenty-five cents for ten words.

Derived terms

波士頓龍蝦 / 波士顿龙虾 (Bōshìdùn lóngxiā)