牛頓

See also: 牛顿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (牛頓)		牛	頓
simp. (牛顿)		牛	顿

Etymology

Borrowed from English Newton.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niúdùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ deon^6-1, ngau⁴ deon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gû-tùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niúdùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nióudùn
    • Wade–Giles: Niu²-tun⁴
    • Yale: Nyóu-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niouduenn
    • Palladius: Нюдунь (Njudunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ deon^6-1, ngau⁴ deon⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh dēun, ngàuh deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ doen^6-1, ngau⁴ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ dên^6-1, ngeo⁴ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²⁻⁵⁵/, /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gû-tùn
    • Tâi-lô: Gû-tùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'duxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² tun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tun²¹/

Proper noun

牛頓

1. A transliteration of the English surname Newton
2. (physics) Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.

Derived terms

• 牛頓環／牛顿环 (niúdùnhuán)

 

Classifier

牛頓

1. (physics) newton (force unit)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Newton 牛顿 [英、西、葡]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1999.