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三角洲

三角洲

Chinese

		triangle	continent; island
simp. and trad. (三角洲)		三角	洲

Noun

三角洲

delta (landform at the mouth of a river)

Derived terms

尼羅河三角洲／尼罗河三角洲

珠江三角洲 (Zhūjiāng Sānjiǎozhōu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sānjiǎozhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gok³ zau¹
Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ-kak-chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānjiǎozhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanjeaujou
  - IPA ^(key): /sa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gok³ zau¹
  - Yale: sāam gok jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gok⁸ dzau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-kak-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: sann-kak-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'kakciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/