錢塘

See also: 钱塘

Chinese

Named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu (錢鏐), ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiántáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciántáng
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-tʻang²
  - Yale: Chyán-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyantarng
  - Palladius: Цяньтан (Cjanʹtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ tong⁴
  - Yale: chìhn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhi-daon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation: ³xxi-daan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑi²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

錢塘

(～江) Qiantang River (a river in Zhejiang, China)
(～縣) (historical) Qiantang (a county in ancient China; modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang)

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