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卡通

卡通

Chinese

		customs station; to be choked; to fasten customs station; to be choked; to fasten; to clip; to wedge; checkpost; to check; to stop; to block; card	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
simp. and trad. (卡通)		卡	通

Noun

卡通

cartoon

Synonyms

動漫／动漫 (dòngmàn)
動畫／动画 (dònghuà)

Etymology

Borrowing from English cartoon.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǎtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ tung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khà-thûng / khà-thung
Min Nan (POJ): khá-thong / khah-thong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǎtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaatong
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kaa¹ tung¹
  - Yale: kā tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ tung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑː⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khà-thûng / khà-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: kaˇ tung´ / kaˇ tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ka² tung¹ / ka² tung⁴
  - IPA: /kʰa¹¹ tʰuŋ²⁴/, /kʰa¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khá-thong
  - Tâi-lô: khá-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaftofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah-thong
  - Tâi-lô: khah-thong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qahtofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa(ʔ)⁵ tʰɔŋ³³/