紅毛丹

See also: 红毛丹

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
trad. (紅毛丹)		紅	毛	丹
simp. (红毛丹)		红	毛	丹
Literally: “red-haired pellet”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Malay rambutan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngmáodān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): âng-mô͘-tan

(Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ mo⁵ dang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmáodān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmáodan
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-mao²-tan¹
  - Yale: húng-máu-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmaudan
  - Palladius: хунмаодань (xunmaodanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
  - Yale: hùhng mòuh dāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mou⁴ dan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ taːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-mô͘-tan
  - Tâi-lô: âng-môo-tan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angmo'dafn
  - IPA (Penang): /aŋ²³⁻²¹ mɔ²³⁻²¹ tan³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mɔ²⁴⁻²¹ tan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang⁵ mo⁵ dang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng mô tang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

(Pontianak Teochew) IPA^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tan³³/

Noun

紅毛丹

rambutan (fruit)

Synonyms

韶子 (sháozi)