緬甸

See also: 缅甸

Chinese

		Burma; distant	imperial domain; suburb
trad. (緬甸)		緬	甸
simp. (缅甸)		缅	甸

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Miǎndiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁵ din⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mién-thien
Min Dong (BUC): Miēng-diêng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Bián-tiān / Bián-tián

(Teochew, Peng'im): miêng² diêng⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): mi di (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Miǎndiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meandiann
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁵ din⁶
  - Yale: míhn dihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁵ din⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁵ din⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn¹³ tiːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mién-thien
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien` tien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian³ tian⁴
  - IPA: /mi̯en³¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Miēng-diêng
  - IPA ^(key): /mieŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)niɛŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bián-tiān
  - Tâi-lô: Bián-tiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biefndien
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bián-tián
  - Tâi-lô: Bián-tián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biefndiern
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɛn⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: miêng² diêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miéng tiĕng
  - IPA ^(key): /mieŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tieŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mi di (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /mi²² d̻i⁴⁴/

Proper noun

緬甸

Myanmar; Burma

Derived terms

緬甸人／缅甸人
緬甸聯邦／缅甸联邦

緬甸語／缅甸语 (miǎndiànyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (緬甸):

→ Japanese: 緬 (めん)甸 (でん) (Menden)
→ Vietnamese: Miến Điện (緬甸)

Others:

→ Zhuang: Menjden

Japanese

Kanji in this term
緬	甸
めん Hyōgaiji	でん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 緬甸／缅甸 (Miǎndiàn), some time after this term came to prominence in Chinese during the Ming Dynasty. Compare modern Mandarin reading Miǎndiàn, Cantonese min⁵ din⁶.[1]

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ndẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

緬甸 (hiragana めんでん, rōmaji Menden)

(historical, possibly obsolete) former name for Myanmar

Synonyms

ミャンマー (Myanmā)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緬	甸
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma). The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from the borrowed Chinese term Menden above.[1]

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) ビルマ [bíꜜrùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA^(key): [bʲiɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Proper noun

緬甸 (katakana ビルマ, rōmaji Biruma)

rare spelling of ビルマ: Myanmar

Synonyms

ミャンマー (Myanmā)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
緬	甸

Proper noun

緬甸

Hán tự form of Miến Điện (“Myanmar”).

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-2] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN