鴨巴甸

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (鴨巴甸)		鴨	巴	甸
simp. (鸭巴甸)		鸭	巴	甸

Etymology

Borrowed from English Aberdeen.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yābādiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄅㄚㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ baa¹ din¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yābādiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄅㄚㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yabadiàn
  - Wade–Giles: Ya¹-pa¹-tien⁴
  - Yale: Yā-bā-dyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Iabadiann
  - Palladius: Ябадянь (Jabadjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aap³ baa¹ din¹
  - Yale: aap bā dīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ baa¹ din¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ab³ ba¹ din¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ paː⁵⁵ tiːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

鴨巴甸

(chiefly Cantonese) Transliteration of Aberdeen:
1. (Hong Kong, Macau) Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)
2. (Hong Kong) Aberdeen (a town and harbour in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong), now known as 香港仔 (hoeng¹ gong² zai²)

Synonyms

(Aberdeen, Scotland): (Mainland China) 阿伯丁 (Ābódīng); (Taiwan) 亞伯丁／亚伯丁
(Aberdeen, Hong Kong): 鴨巴顛／鸭巴颠, 元香港