佐藤

Chinese

		assist	rattan; cane
trad. (佐藤)		佐	藤
simp. ^#(佐藤)		佐	藤

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 佐(さ)藤(とう) (Satō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zuǒténg

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo³ tang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒténg
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Zuǒténg
  - Wade–Giles: Tso³-tʻêng²
  - Yale: Dzwǒ-téng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzuooterng
  - Palladius: Цзотэн (Czotɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo³ tang⁴
  - Yale: jo tàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo³ tang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo³ teng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³³ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Proper noun

佐藤

an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 佐藤, Satō

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佐	藤
さ Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さとー [sáꜜtòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sa̠to̞ː]

Proper noun

佐(さ)藤(とう) • (Satō)

a surname: the most common surname in Japan.^[1]
Coordinate terms: 佐藤 (Satō), 鈴木 (Suzuki), 高橋 (Takahashi), 田中 (Tanaka), 渡辺 (Watanabe) (most common surnames)

Descendants

English: Sato
Chinese: 佐藤 (Zuǒténg)
French: Sato
Portuguese: Sato
Tagalog: Sato

References

^ Japanese Wikipedia, 姓#日本の主な姓