坤甸
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (坤甸) |
坤 | 甸 | |
Etymology
From Malay kuntilanak, a female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, also the former name of the city.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Kūndiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kundiàn
- Wade–Giles: Kʻun1-tien4
- Yale: Kwūn-dyàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuendiann
- Palladius: Куньдянь (Kunʹdjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kung1 diang6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khung tiăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²³ tiaŋ³⁵/
- (Teochew)
Proper noun
坤甸
- (～市) Pontianak (a city, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: Khuntien, Kun Tian
- → English: Khuntien, Kun Tian