沙翁

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	elderly person
trad. (沙翁)		沙	翁
simp. #(沙翁)		沙	翁

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāwēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ jung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāwēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shawong
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-wêng¹
    • Yale: shā-wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaueng
    • Palladius: шавэн (šavɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ jung¹
    • Yale: sā yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

沙翁

1. a kind of doughnut

See also

• 雙溪沙翁／双溪沙翁 (“Sungai Sayong”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沙	翁
しゃ Grade: S	おう Grade: S
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
沙	翁
さ Grade: S	おう Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

沙 (clipping of a transcription of English Shakespeare, such as 沙比阿 (Shapia) or 沙吉比亜 (Shakipia)) +‎ 翁 (“old man”). Compare Mandarin 莎翁 (Shāwēng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃ​おー [sháꜜòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠o̞ː]

Proper noun

沙(さ)翁(おう) • (Saō) ^{←さをう (sawou)?} or 沙(しゃ)翁(おう) • (Shaō) ^{←しゃをう (syawou)?}

1. (literary, obsolete) William Shakespeare, English playwright

Related terms

• 杜(と)翁(おう) (Tōu)