聖誕老人

See also: 圣诞老人

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder
trad. (聖誕老人)		聖誕	老人
simp. (圣诞老人)		圣诞	老人

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngdàn Lǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngdàn Lǎorén
  - Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tan⁴ Lao³-jên²
  - Yale: Shèng-dàn Lǎu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqdann Laoren
  - Palladius: Шэндань Лаожэнь (Šɛndanʹ Laožɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Yale: sing daan lóuh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ lou⁵ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ lou⁵ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Séng-dáng Lâu-nè̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɑŋ²¹³ l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-tàn Lāu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: Sìng-tàn Lāu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdaxn lauxlaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ lau³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ lau³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

聖誕老人

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕老人 (“Santa Claus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕老人
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕老人, 耶誕老人, 聖誕老公公, 耶誕老公公
	Singapore	聖誕老人
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冬老爺
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	冬老爺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕老人
Min Nan	Taipei	聖誕老儂 GT
Min Nan	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕老儂
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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