桑拿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (桑拿)		桑	拿
simp. #(桑拿)		桑	拿

Etymology

From English sauna, from Finnish sauna.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngná

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄤ ㄋㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song¹ naa⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): song-ná

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngná
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄤ ㄋㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangná
    • Wade–Giles: sang¹-na²
    • Yale: sāng-ná
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangna
    • Palladius: санна (sanna)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵⁵ nä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: song¹ naa⁴
    • Yale: sōng nàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song¹ naa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: song¹ na⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ naː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: song-ná
    • Tâi-lô: song-ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: songnar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ³³ nã⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

桑拿

1. (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) sauna

   焗桑拿 [Cantonese]  ―  guk⁶ song¹ naa⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to take a sauna

Synonyms

• 汗蒸 (hànzhēng)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	三溫暖, 芬蘭浴
Cantonese	Hong Kong	桑拿, 芬蘭浴
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三溫暖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三溫暖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三溫暖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三溫暖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三溫暖
Southern Min	Xiamen	桑拿浴
	Quanzhou	桑拿浴
	Zhangzhou	桑拿浴

Dialectal synonyms of 芬蘭浴 (“sauna”) [map]

Derived terms

• 桑拿天 (sāngnátiān)
• 桑拿浴 (sāngnáyù)