常州

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (常州)		常	州
simp. #(常州)		常	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chángzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ zau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Siòng-ciŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siông-chiu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zan-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chángzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chángjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻang²-chou¹
    • Yale: Cháng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngjou
    • Palladius: Чанчжоу (Čančžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: sèuhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Siòng-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siông-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Siông-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zan-tseu
    • MiniDict: zan^去 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

常州

1. (～市) Changzhou (a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China)

Descendants

• → English: Changzhou, Changchow, Ch'ang-chou