杏壇

Chinese

		apricot	altar
trad. (杏壇)		杏	壇
simp. (杏坛)		杏	坛
Literally: “apricot altar”.

Etymology

Confucius taught his students at "杏壇／杏坛 (xìngtán)".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngtán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ taan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hēng-tôaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngtán
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tʻan²
  - Yale: syìng-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqtarn
  - Palladius: синтань (sintanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hang⁶ taan⁴
  - Yale: hahng tàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ taan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ tan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² tʰaːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hīng-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hexngdvoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tuã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tuã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tuã²³/

Noun

杏壇

educational circles; field of education

See also

杏林 (xìnglín)

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