漢堡

See also: 汉堡

Chinese
phonetic
 
earthwork; castle; position of defence
earthwork; castle; position of defence; stronghold; character used in place names
trad. (漢堡) 漢 堡
simp. (汉堡) 汉 堡

Etymology

From English Hamburg or German Hamburg.

Pronunciation

Noun

漢堡

漢堡
  1. hamburger
    在肯德基，我從來都是兩個辣漢堡、一杯大可。 [MSC, trad.]
    在肯德基，我从来都是两个辣汉堡、一杯大可。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài Kěndéjī, wǒ cónglái dōu shì liǎng ge là hànbǎo, yī bēi dàkě. [Pinyin]
    At KFC, I have always ordered two spicy hamburgers and one large coke.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 漢堡 (“hamburger”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 漢堡, 漢堡包
Mandarin Taiwan 漢堡
Singapore 漢堡包
Cantonese Hong Kong 漢堡包, 漢堡
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 漢堡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 漢堡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 漢堡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 漢堡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 漢堡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 漢堡
Wu Shanghai 漢堡包

Derived terms

Proper noun

漢堡

  1. Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)
  2. Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
漢 堡
はん
Grade: 3		 ぶるく
Hyōgaiji
irregular
Alternative spelling
漢堡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

This spelling is ateji (当て字), a relatively recent borrowing from Chinese 漢堡／汉堡 (hànbǎo).[1]

For pronunciation and definitions of 漢堡 – see the following entry.
【ハンブルク】
[proper noun] Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)
[proper noun] Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)
Alternative spelling
ハンブルグ
(This term, 漢堡, is an alternative spelling (exceedingly rare) of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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