吳越

See also: 吴越

Chinese

		surname; province of Jiangsu	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
trad. (吳越)		吳	越
simp. (吴越)		吴	越

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wúyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wúyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Wú-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuyueh
    • Palladius: Уюэ (Ujue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: ǹgh yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu hjwot

Rime
Character	吳	越
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五乎切	王伐切
Baxter	ngu	hjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/	/ɦʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/	/ɦʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/	/ɦuat̚/
Li Rong	/ŋo/	/ɣiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/ŋu/	/ɣĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuo/	/i̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋʷˤa  [ɢ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaː  ɢʷad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吳	越
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngu ›	‹ hjwot ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷˁa/	/*[ɢ]ʷat/
English	shout; name of a state	pass over
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吳	越
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	13094	16333
Phonetic component	吳	戉
Rime group	魚	月
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	吾	越
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaː/	/*ɢʷad/
Notes	金文象對人口出大聲， 令其震驚而側首避讓， 馮時說

Proper noun

吳越

1. (historical) states of Wu and Yue (two kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn period)
2. area around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where the states of Wu and Yue were located
3. (historical) Wuyue (one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties period)

Noun

吳越

1. (figurative) perpetual archenemies

Derived terms

• 吳越同舟 / 吴越同舟