Xiamen

See also: Xiàmén

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) Hsiamen, Hsia-men
Siamen

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1][2] romanization of the Mandarin 廈門／厦門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃjɑːˈmɛn/

Proper noun

Xiamen

A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Fujian, in southeastern China.

Synonyms

(from Hokkien) Amoy

Translations

a sub-provincial city in southeastern China

Arabic: شْيَامِن‎ m (šyāmin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 廈門／厦门 (haa⁶ mun⁴)

Hakka: 廈門／厦门 (Ha-mùn)

Mandarin: 廈門／厦门 (zh) (Xiàmén)

Min Nan: 廈門／厦门 (zh-min-nan) (Ē-mn̂g, Ēe-mûi)
Finnish: Xiamen
French: Xiamen (fr), Amoy (fr) m (dated)
Hungarian: Hsziamen
Japanese: 廈門 (アモイ, Amoi, シャーメン, Shāmen), アモイ (Amoi)
Korean: 샤먼 (syameon)
Macedonian: Шјиамен m (Šjiamen)
Portuguese: Xiamen f
Russian: Сямэ́нь m (Sjamɛ́nʹ), Сямы́нь (ru) m (Sjamýnʹ)
Spanish: Xiamen
Vietnamese: Hạ Môn

References

“Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 479: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Hsia-men (Xiamen) 厦門”
Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015), “Transliteration Tables”, in , Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, page 428: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Amoy (Hsiamen) / Xiamen / 廈門”

Anagrams

Manxie, Maxine, Mixean, examin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Proper noun

Xiamen f

Xiamen (a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Fujian, in southeastern China)

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