坤甸

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (坤甸)		坤	甸

Etymology

From Malay Kuntilanak, a female vampiric ghost in Malaysian and Indonesian mythology, also the former name of the city.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kūndiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣㄉㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Kūndiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuendiann
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

Proper noun

坤甸

(～市) Pontianak (a city, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

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