崖州

Chinese

		precipice	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (崖州)		崖	州
simp. #(崖州)		崖	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yázhōu, Yáizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄓㄡ, ㄧㄞˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaai⁴ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yázhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yájhou
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-chou¹
    • Yale: yá-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yajou
    • Palladius: ячжоу (jačžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yáizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄞˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáijhou
    • Wade–Giles: yai²-chou¹
    • Yale: yái-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaijou
    • Palladius: яйчжоу (jajčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaai⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: ngàaih jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaai⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngai⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːi̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

崖州

1. (historical) Yazhou (former prefecture that covered all of Hainan Island, China, and later restricted its area of administration to part of the island)
2. (～區) Yazhou (a district of Sanya, Hainan, China)