瀋陽

See also: 沈阳

Chinese

place name; pour positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (瀋陽)
simp. (沈阳)

Etymology

Named in reference to its location to the north (the sunny side) of the Shen River. Coined in 1296 when the Shen Prefecture (瀋州沈州) was converted to Shenyang Circuit (瀋陽).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

瀋陽

  1. () Shenyang (a subprovincial city, provincial capital, and largest city in Liaoning, China)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瀋陽):
  • Japanese: 瀋陽(しんよう) (Shin'yō)
  • Korean: 심양(瀋陽) (Simyang)
  • Vietnamese: Thẩm Dương (瀋陽)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Hyōgai
よう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んよー [shíꜜǹ'yòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃jo̞ː]

Proper noun

(しん)(よう) • (Shin'yō

  1. Shenyang (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, China)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

瀋陽 • (Simyang) (hangeul 심양)

  1. hanja form? of 심양 (Shenyang)