Thâm Quyến

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 深圳; element 圳 is pronounced Quyến because it's considered a variant form of 畎, whose Middle Chinese pronunciation *kwenX yielded early Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation quyến.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ kwiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ kwiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ wiəŋ˦˥]

Proper noun

Thâm Quyến

  1. Shenzhen (a major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China)
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