耶誕老人

See also: 耶诞老人

Chinese

		Christmas	old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder
trad. (耶誕老人)		耶誕	老人
simp. (耶诞老人)		耶诞	老人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yēdàn Lǎorén, Yédàn Lǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yēdàn Lǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yedàn Lǎorén
  - Wade–Giles: yeh¹-tan⁴ Lao³-jên²
  - Yale: yē-dàn Lǎu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iedann Laoren
  - Palladius: едань Лаожэнь (jedanʹ Laožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ tän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yédàn Lǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yédàn Lǎorén
  - Wade–Giles: yeh²-tan⁴ Lao³-jên²
  - Yale: yé-dàn Lǎu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yedann Laoren
  - Palladius: едань Лаожэнь (jedanʹ Laožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ tän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁴ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: yèh daan lóuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ dan³ lou⁵ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ taːn³³ lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/

Proper noun

耶誕老人

(chiefly Taiwan) Santa Claus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕老人 (“Santa Claus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕老人
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕老人, 耶誕老人, 聖誕老公公, 耶誕老公公
	Singapore	聖誕老人
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冬老爺
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	冬老爺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕老人
Southern Min	Taipei	聖誕老儂 GT
Southern Min	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕老儂
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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