深圳

Chinese

deep; profound furrow in field, small drainage
trad. (深圳)
simp. #(深圳)
Map including Shenzhen (labeled as Shen-ch'üan (Shumchün) 深圳) (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

Originally as 深圳 (“Shenzhen Market”) and referred to a market town located in present-day Dongmen, Luohu District, Shenzhen. The name is first attested in Gazetteer of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1688].

In 1979, Bao'an County (寶安/宝安) of Guangdong was renamed and changed to Shenzhen City (深圳).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

深圳

  1. () Shenzhen (a subprovincial city in Guangdong, China)
  2. () (historical) Shenzhen (a former town in Bao'an county, Guangdong, China)

Descendants

  • English: Shenzhen, Shumchun

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
せん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
深セン

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 深圳 (Shēnzhèn). Sen is not an expected on-reading of and may derive from 's on-reading of sen, which serves as a kan'yoon reading.

Also, the character "" isn't included in the first Japanese encoding system (due to its inclusion in the JIS X 0213 encoding), so the city name is commonly written as 深セン.

Proper noun

(しん)(せん) (Shinsen) 

  1. Shenzhen (a major sub-provincial city in Guangdong, in southeastern China)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

深圳 (Simcheon) (hangeul 심천)

  1. Hanja form? of 심천 (Shenzhen).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Proper noun

深圳

  1. chữ Hán form of Thâm Quyến (Shenzhen).
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