宕昌

Chinese

			prosperous; flourish
simp. and trad. (宕昌)		宕	昌

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tànchāng, Dàngchāng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄔㄤ, ㄉㄤˋ ㄔㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dong⁶ coeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tōng-chhiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tànchāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄔㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tànchang
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻan⁴-chʻang¹
  - Yale: Tàn-chāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tannchang
  - Palladius: Таньчан (Tanʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàngchāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˋ ㄔㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàngchang
  - Wade–Giles: Tang⁴-chʻang¹
  - Yale: Dàng-chāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Danqchang
  - Palladius: Данчан (Dančan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

Note: Dàngchāng — deprecated in Mainland China for the county name.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dong⁶ coeng¹
  - Yale: dohng chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dong⁶ tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dong⁶ cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ²² t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōng-chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: Tōng-tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxngchiofng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/

Proper noun

宕昌

(～縣) Tanchang (a county of Longnan, Gansu, China)
(～國) Dangchang (an ancient kingdom)

Usage notes

In PRC, the pronunciation Tànchāng was officially adopted in 2014 at the request of the locals, who insisted against the pronunciation Dàngchāng. This change is reflected in recently published dictionaries in PRC, where Tànchāng is assigned to the modern county name (but not the ancient kingdom name, at least explicitly).