左鎮

See also: 左镇

Chinese

		left	composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post
trad. (左鎮)		左	鎮
simp. (左镇)		左	镇

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zuǒzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² zan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chó-tìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Zuǒjhèn
    • Wade–Giles: Tso³-chên⁴
    • Yale: Dzwǒ-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tzuoojenn
    • Palladius: Цзочжэнь (Czočžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² zan³
    • Yale: jó jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ t͡sɐn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chó-tìn
    • Tâi-lô: Tsó-tìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoy'dixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tin²¹/

Proper noun

左鎮

1. (～區, formerly ～鄉) Zuojhen, Tsochen (a district of Tainan, Taiwan, formerly a rural township)

   • 「貝殼之美」特展近日至九月二十三日於左鎮菜寮化石館展出，由國立台灣博物館提供三百多件貝殼標本，包括有多種特殊貝類、貝殼觸摸體驗區、龍宮貝活體影片及人類文化與貝殼的關聯。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     「贝壳之美」特展近日至九月二十三日于左镇菜寮化石馆展出，由国立台湾博物馆提供三百多件贝壳标本，包括有多种特殊贝类、贝壳触摸体验区、龙宫贝活体影片及人类文化与贝壳的关联。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: Jun 20, 2012, Lin Meng-ting (林孟婷), World’s largest seashell on display at Tsailiao Fossil Museum 世界最大貝殼　菜寮化石館展出, Taipei Times

     “Bèiké zhī měi” tèzhǎn jìnrì zhì jiǔ yuè èrshísān rì yú Zuǒzhèn Càiliáo Huàshí Guǎn zhǎnchū, yóu Guólì Táiwān Bówùguǎn tígōng sān bǎi duō jiàn bèiké biāoběn, bāoguā yǒu duōzhǒng tèshū bèilèi, bèiké chùmō tǐyàn qū, lónggōng bèi huótǐ yǐngpiàn jí rénlèi wénhuà yǔ bèiké de guānlián. [Pinyin]

     The exhibit will be on display at the Tsailiao Fossil Museum in Zuojhen District until September 23. National Taiwan Museum (NTM) has provided the exhibit with more than 300 seashell specimens from its collection, which includes many unique seashells

Descendants

• → English: Tsochen, Tso-chen, Zuojhen, Zuozhen