順德

See also: 顺德

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (順德)		順	德
simp. (顺德)		顺	德

Etymology

Coined in 1452 with the establishment of 順德縣 (“Shunde County”), following the suppression of the Huang Xiaoyang rebellion by the Ming government.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shùndé

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon⁶ dak¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sun⁵ ak²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shùndé
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shùndé
  - Wade–Giles: Shun⁴-tê²
  - Yale: Shwùn-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuennder
  - Palladius: Шуньдэ (Šunʹdɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁶ dak¹
  - Yale: seuhn dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² tɐk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sun⁵ ak²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sun³² ak̚⁵⁵/

Proper noun

順德

(～區, formerly ～縣) Shunde (a district and former county of Foshan, Guangdong, China)

Derived terms

得就得，唔得就返順德 / 得就得，唔得就返顺德 (Cantonese)
順得人 / 顺得人 (seon⁶ dak¹ jan⁴) (Cantonese)

Descendants

→ English: Shunde, Shuntak, Shun Tak