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堤岸

堤岸

Chinese

		dike	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast
simp. and trad. (堤岸)		堤	岸

Noun

堤岸

embankment

Pronunciation 2

Proper noun

堤岸

Cholon (the Chinese district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Etymology

From 堤 (dī, “dyke, embankment”) + 岸 (àn, “shore, bank”)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dī'àn, tí'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ, ㄊㄧˊ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ ngon⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thê-hōaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: dī'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
  - IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: tí'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyiann
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai⁴ ngon⁶
  - Yale: tàih ngohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ ngon⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ ŋɔːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-hōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thê-huānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: te'hvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² huã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² huã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² huã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ huã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ huã³³/

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Dī'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dī'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Diann
  - IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ˀa̠n⁵¹/