休斯敦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (休斯敦)		休	斯	敦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiūsīdūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄙㄉㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ si¹ deon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiūsīdūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄙㄉㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siousihdun
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiu¹-ssŭ¹-tun¹
  - Yale: Syōu-sz̄-dwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiousyduen
  - Palladius: Сюсыдунь (Sjusydunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹ si¹ deon¹
  - Yale: yāu sī dēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ si¹ doen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xi¹ dên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

休斯敦

(chiefly Mainland China) Houston (a large city in Texas, United States)
A transliteration of the English surname and male given name Houston

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 休士頓／休士顿 (Xiūshìdùn)
(Hong Kong) 侯斯頓／侯斯顿 (Hóusīdùn)
(uncommon) 曉士頓／晓士顿 (Xiǎoshìdùn), 曉市頓／晓市顿 (Xiǎoshìdùn)
休斯頓／休斯顿 (Xiūsīdùn)

References

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Houston 休斯敦 [英]”, 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 1307.

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