聖誕樹

See also: 圣诞树

Chinese

		birth of a sage, saint, god, emperor, etc.; Christmas	tree
trad. (聖誕樹)		聖誕	樹
simp. (圣诞树)		圣诞	树

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngdànshù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ daan³ syu⁶
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tàn-chhiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngdànshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngdànshù
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-tan⁴-shu⁴
  - Yale: shèng-dàn-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqdannshuh
  - Palladius: шэнданьшу (šɛndanʹšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ daan³ syu⁶
  - Yale: sing daan syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ daan³ sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ dan³ xu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ taːn³³ ʃyː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tàn-chhiū
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tàn-tshiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangdarnchiu
  - IPA (Philippines): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiu²²/

Noun

聖誕樹

Christmas tree (Classifier: 棵 m; 株 m; 樖 c) [from 1910s]
- 1918, Henrik Ibsen, “娜拉 [A Doll's House]”, in 羅家倫, transl., 《新靑年》 [New Youth], volume 4, number 6, page 508:
  
  伊媽！你快把這株聖誕樹藏好。 [MSC, trad.]
  伊妈！你快把这株圣诞树藏好。 [MSC, simp.]
  Yīmā! Nǐ kuài bǎ zhè zhū shèngdànshù cánghǎo. [Pinyin]
  Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖誕樹 (“Christmas tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖誕樹
Mandarin	Taiwan	聖誕樹, 耶誕樹
Mandarin	Singapore	聖誕樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	聖誕樹
Min Nan	Xiamen	聖誕樹
Min Nan	Manila (Hokkien)	聖誕樹

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