倫敦

See also: 伦敦

Chinese

	phonetic
trad. (倫敦)	倫	敦
simp. (伦敦)	伦	敦
anagram	敦倫／敦伦

Etymology

Borrowed from English London.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lúndūn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leon⁴ deon¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lun³ dun²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lùn-tûn
Eastern Min (BUC): Lùng-dŭng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Lûn-tun

(Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵ dung¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶len-ten

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lúndūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lúndun
  - Wade–Giles: Lun²-tun¹
  - Yale: Lwún-dwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luenduen
  - Palladius: Луньдунь (Lunʹdunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ tu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon⁴ deon¹
  - Yale: lèuhn dēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ doen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ dên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ tɵn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lun³ dun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lun²² tun⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lùn-tûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: lun^ˇ dun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lun² dun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ tun²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Lùng-dŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lûn-tun
  - Tâi-lô: Lûn-tun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lundwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² tun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² tun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ tun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ tun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lung⁵ dung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng tung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tuŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶len-ten
  - MiniDict: len^去 ten
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³len-ten
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lən²² tən⁴⁴/

Proper noun

倫敦

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)
英國倫敦大學地質學博士 [MSC, trad.]
英国伦敦大学地质学博士 [MSC, simp.]
Yīngguó Lúndūn dàxué dìzhìxué bóshì [Pinyin]
Ph.D. Geology, University of London
- 1848, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], editor, 瀛寰志略, volume 7, page 38:
  
  忽倫敦大火，焚宮室民居殆盡，已而瘟疫盛行，死者相枕藉，國勢頓衰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  忽伦敦大火，焚宫室民居殆尽，已而瘟疫盛行，死者相枕藉，国势顿衰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Hū Lúndūn dàhuǒ, fén gōngshì mínjū dàijìn, yǐ'ér wēnyì shèngxíng, sǐzhě xiàng zhěnjiè, guóshì dùn shuāi. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
a transliteration of the English surname London

Derived terms

倫敦人 / 伦敦人 (Lúndūnrén)
倫敦城 / 伦敦城 (Lúndūn Chéng)
倫敦市 / 伦敦市 (Lúndūn Shì)
倫敦會 / 伦敦会 (Lúndūnhuì)
大倫敦 / 大伦敦 (Dà Lúndūn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (倫敦):

→ Vietnamese: Luân Đôn (倫敦)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倫	敦
りん > ろん Grade: S (ateji)	とん > どん Jinmeiyō (ateji)
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from English London. The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Chinese 倫敦 / 伦敦 (Lúndūn).

Proper noun

倫敦(ロンドン) • (Rondon)

obsolete spelling of ロンドン
- 1936, Morita Sōhei (森田草平), transl., クリスマス・カロル, translation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens:
  
  倫(ロン)敦(ドン)の町(まち)はすっかり消(き)えてなくなった。
  Rondon no machi wa sukkari kiete nakunatta.
  The city of London altogether disappeared.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
倫	敦

Proper noun

倫敦

chữ Hán form of Luân Đôn (“London”)