深圳

Chinese

		deep; profound	furrow in field, small drainage
trad. (深圳)		深	圳
simp. ^#(深圳)		深	圳

Etymology

Originally as 深圳墟 (Shēnzhèn xū, “Shenzhen Market”) and referred to a market town located in present-day Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen. The name is first attested in Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1688].

In 1979, Bao'an County (寶安縣 / 宝安县) of Guangdong was renamed and converted to Shenzhen City (深圳市 (Shēnzhèn shì)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shēnzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sam¹ zan³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sim¹ zun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Chhṳ̂m-chun

(Meixian, Guangdong): cem¹ zun⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Chhim-chùn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cim¹ zung³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shēnzhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄓㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shenjhèn
  - Wade–Giles: Shên¹-chên⁴
  - Yale: Shēn-jèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenjenn
  - Palladius: Шэньчжэнь (Šɛnʹčžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ zan³
  - Yale: sām jan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ dzan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ zen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sim¹ zun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim³³ t͡sun³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhṳ̂m-chun
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˊ zun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ zun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cem¹ zun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰəm⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sun⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhim-chùn
  - Tâi-lô: Tshim-tsùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimzuxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ t͡sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sun²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cim¹ zung³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshim tsùng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰim³³⁻²³ t͡suŋ²¹³/

Proper noun

深圳

(～市) Shenzhen (a subprovincial city of Guangdong, China)
(～鎮) (historical) Shenzhen (a former town in Bao'an county, Guangdong, China)

Descendants

→ English: Shenzhen, Shumchun

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	圳
しん Grade: 3	せん Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
深セン

Alternative forms

The character "圳" is not included in the first Japanese encoding system (due to its inclusion in the JIS X 0213 encoding), so the city name is commonly written as 深セン.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 深圳 (Shēnzhèn). Sen is not an expected on-reading of 圳 and may derive from 川's on-reading of sen, which serves as a kan'yoon reading.

Proper noun

深(しん)圳(せん) • (Shinsen)

Shenzhen (a major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	圳

Proper noun

深圳 • (Simcheon) (hangeul 심천)

hanja form^? of 심천 (“Shenzhen”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
深	圳

Proper noun

深圳

chữ Hán form of Thâm Quyến (“Shenzhen”)