牛頓

See also: 牛顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (牛頓)		牛	頓
simp. (牛顿)		牛	顿

Etymology

Borrowed from English Newton.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Niúdùn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ deon^6-1 / ngau⁴ deon⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gû-tùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Niúdùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nióudùn
  - Wade–Giles: Niu²-tun⁴
  - Yale: Nyóu-dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niouduenn
  - Palladius: Нюдунь (Njudunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ deon^6-1 / ngau⁴ deon⁶
  - Yale: ngàuh dēun / ngàuh deuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ doen^6-1 / ngau⁴ doen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ dên^6-1 / ngeo⁴ dên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²⁻⁵⁵/, /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gû-tùn
  - Tâi-lô: Gû-tùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'duxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² tun²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tun²¹/

Proper noun

牛頓

a transliteration of the English surname Newton
(physics) Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.

Derived terms

牛頓環 / 牛顿环 (niúdùnhuán)

Classifier

牛頓

(physics) newton (force unit)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Newton 牛顿 [英、西、葡]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1999.