蘇丹

See also: 苏丹

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇丹)		蘇	丹
simp. (苏丹)		苏	丹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sūdān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ daan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-tân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-tan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sūdān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sudan
    • Wade–Giles: su¹-tan¹
    • Yale: sū-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sudan
    • Palladius: судань (sudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ daan¹
    • Yale: sōu dāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ daan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ dan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ tan²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-tan
    • Tâi-lô: soo-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: so'dafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ tan³³/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sultan, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān).

Noun

蘇丹

1. sultan
   • 1898, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], 出使日記續刻, volume 7, page 16:

     白蠟本蘇丹自主之國。昔有拉魯總督蒙得利者，監查礦政，所有蘇丹稅餉皆歸經理。漸招華人開礦，已立一城曰太平。礦工漸多，屢有爭戰，拉魯總督不能制；蘇丹不得已，求英國總督相助。英船既到，海岸肅清，英亦派大酋駐其國，彈壓華人。蘇丹割瀕海丹定一地及邦哥爾島酬謝英國，英兵始退。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     白蜡本苏丹自主之国。昔有拉鲁总督蒙得利者，监查矿政，所有苏丹税饷皆归经理。渐招华人开矿，已立一城曰太平。矿工渐多，屡有争战，拉鲁总督不能制；苏丹不得已，求英国总督相助。英船既到，海岸肃清，英亦派大酋驻其国，弹压华人。苏丹割濒海丹定一地及邦哥尔岛酬谢英国，英兵始退。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Báilà běn Sūdān zìzhǔ zhī guó. Xī yǒu lālǔ zǒngdū Méngdélì zhě, jiānchá kuàng zhèng, suǒyǒu sūdān shuìxiǎng jiē guī jīnglǐ. Jiàn zhāo huárén kāikuàng, yǐ lì yī chéng yuē Tàipíng. Kuànggōng jiàn duō, lǚ yǒu zhēngzhàn, lālǔ zǒngdū bùnéng zhì; sūdān bùdéyǐ, qiú Yīngguó zǒngdū xiàngzhù. Yīng chuán jì dào, hǎi'àn sùqīng, yīng yì pài dà qiú zhù qí guó, dànyā huárén. Sūdān gē bīnhǎi Dāndìng yī dì jí bānggē'ěr dǎo chóuxiè yīngguó, yīng bīng shǐ tuì. [Pinyin]

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Sudan, from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Proper noun

蘇丹

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Derived terms

• 南蘇丹 / 南苏丹 (Nán Sūdān)
• 蘇丹紅 / 苏丹红 (sūdānhóng)