林肯

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (林肯)		林	肯
simp. #(林肯)		林	肯

Etymology

Borrowed from English Lincoln.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Línkěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ hang²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lìm-khién / Lìm-khián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Línkěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Línkěn
    • Wade–Giles: Lin²-kʻên³
    • Yale: Lín-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Linkeen
    • Palladius: Линькэнь (Linʹkɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ hang²
    • Yale: làhm háng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ hang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ heng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ hɐŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lìm-khién
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ kien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ kʰi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lìm-khián
    • Hakka Romanization System: lim^ˇ kian^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² kian³
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ kʰi̯an³¹/

Proper noun

林肯

1. A transliteration of the English surname and male given name Lincoln
2. (～郡) Lincolnshire
3. Lincoln (a city, the state capital of Nebraska, United States)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Lincoln 林肯 [英、匈、葡]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1687.