斯坦

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (斯坦)		斯	坦

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian ‎ (-estân).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sītǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄊㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ taan²
Min Nan (POJ): su-thán / sir-thán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sītǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄊㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytaan
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tʰa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ taan²
  - Yale: sī táan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ taan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ tan²
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-thán
  - Tâi-lô: su-thán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'tarn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-thán
  - Tâi-lô: sir-thán
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ tʰan⁵⁵⁴/

Suffix

斯坦

-stan (element frequently found in country and region names of Central Asia)

Derived terms

印度斯坦 (Yìndùsītǎn)
吉爾吉斯斯坦／吉尔吉斯斯坦 (Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn)
哈薩克斯坦／哈萨克斯坦 (Hāsàkèsītǎn)
土庫曼斯坦／土库曼斯坦 (Tǔkùmànsītǎn)
塔吉克斯坦 (Tǎjíkèsītǎn)
塔塔爾斯坦／塔塔尔斯坦
巴基斯坦 (Bājīsītǎn)

庫爾德斯坦／库尔德斯坦 (Kù'ěrdésītǎn)
拉賈斯坦／拉贾斯坦
烏茲別克斯坦／乌兹别克斯坦 (Wūzībiékèsītǎn)
突厥斯坦 (Tūjuésītǎn)
興都斯坦／兴都斯坦 (Xīngdūsītǎn)
達吉斯坦／达吉斯坦
韃靼斯坦／鞑靼斯坦 (Dádásītǎn)

Usage notes

巴勒斯坦 (Bālèsītǎn) also ends with 斯坦, but it is not formed with this suffix.

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