札幌

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (札幌)		札	幌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) (Sapporo), from Ainu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zháhuǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³ fong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zháhuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jháhuǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Cha²-huang³
    • Yale: Já-hwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jarhoang
    • Palladius: Чжахуан (Čžaxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaat³ fong²
    • Yale: jaat fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸ fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³ fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːt̚³ fɔːŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

札幌

1. (～市) Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
札	幌
さつ > さっ Grade: 4 (ateji)	ほろ > ぽろ Jinmeiyō (ateji)
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From Ainu サッ・ポロ・ペッ (sat poro pet, literally “dry, great river”). The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さっぽろ [sàppóró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠p̚po̞ɾo̞]

Proper noun

札(さっ)幌(ぽろ) • (Sapporo) 

1. 札幌市: Sapporo (the capital and largest city of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Descendants

• English: Sapporo
• Russian: Са́ппоро m (Sápporo)