曾母暗沙

Chinese

		phonetic (James)	submerged sandbank
simp. and trad. (曾母暗沙)		曾母	暗沙

Map including 曾母暗沙 (詹姆沙) (MOI, 1947)

Etymology

Partial calque of English James Shoal, circa 1947; cf. earlier term (曾姆灘)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zēngmǔ Ànshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zēngmǔ Ànshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zengmǔ Ànsha
    • Wade–Giles: Tsêng¹-mu³ An⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: Dzēng-mǔ Àn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzengmuu Annsha
    • Palladius: Цзэнму Аньша (Czɛnmu Anʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹
    • Yale: jāng móuh am sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ mou⁵ am³ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ mou⁵ em³ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ ɐm³³ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

曾母暗沙

1. James Shoal (submerged bank in the South China Sea)

Synonyms

• (earlier, partial calque, mistranslation) 曾母灘／曾母滩

See also

• 雅各 (Yǎgè), 雅各伯 (Yǎgèbó)