廣州
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]Liangguang | province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county | ||
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trad. (廣州) | 廣 | 州 | |
simp. (广州) | 广 | 州 |
Etymology
[edit]Originally the name of a prefecture, first established in 226 CE and re-established in 264 CE, that covered parts of present-day Guangdong and whose seat was originally located in Panyu.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwong2 zau1
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gwong2 zaau1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): gong2 ziu1
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwong2 zau1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): Guōng-ciŭ
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gung3 ziu1 / gng3 ziu1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5kuaon-tseu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎngjhou
- Wade–Giles: Kuang3-chou1
- Yale: Gwǎng-jōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangjou
- Palladius: Гуанчжоу (Guančžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwong2 zau1
- Yale: gwóng jāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwong2 dzau1
- Guangdong Romanization: guong2 zeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: gwong2 zaau1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔŋ³⁵ t͡sau²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gong2 ziu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔŋ⁵⁵ t͡siu³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kóng-chû
- Hakka Romanization System: gongˋ zuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gong3 zu1
- Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Guōng-ciŭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuoŋ³³⁻²¹ (t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gung3 ziu1 [Phonetic: gung2 niu1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Gn̂g-ciu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ (t͡s-)niu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gng3 ziu1 [Phonetic: gng2 niu1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kŋ̍³³²⁻¹³ (t͡s-)niu⁵³³/
- (Putian)
Note:
- gung3 ziu1 - literary;
- gng3 ziu1 - vernacular.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore, Penang)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kúiⁿ-chiu
- Tâi-lô: Kuínn-tsiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvuyciw
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: geng2 ziu1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ́ng tsiu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siu³³/
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: kwangX tsyuw
Proper noun
[edit]廣州
- (~市, formerly ~府, ~路) Guangzhou (a prefecture-level city, subprovincial city, and port, the provincial capital of Guangdong, China)
- (historical) Guǎng Prefecture (various ancient prefectures of imperial China in present-day Guangdong and Guangxi)
- (~市) Gwangju (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 廣州 (“Guangzhou”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廣州, 穗 short | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廣州 |
Singapore | 廣州 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廣州, 廣府, 省城, 省 |
Hong Kong | 廣州, 省城, 大圈 slang | |
Taishan | 廣州, 省城 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 省 | |
Dongguan | 廣州, 省城 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 廣州 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 廣州 |
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 省 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 廣州 |
Quanzhou | 廣州 | |
Zhangzhou | 廣州 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 廣州 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 廣州 | |
Leizhou | 廣州 |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Others:
- → English: Guangzhou, Kwangchow, Kwang-chow
- → French: Guangzhou
- → German: Guangzhou
- → Hindi: ग्वांगझोउ (gvāṅgjhou)
- → Japanese: コワンチョウ (Kowanchō)
- → Korean: 광저우 (Gwangjeou)
- → Portuguese: Guangzhou
- → Russian: Гуанчжо́у (Guančžóu)
- → Swedish: Guangzhou
- → Thai: กว่างโจว
- → Uyghur: گۇاڭجۇ (guangju)
- → Zhuang: Gvangjcouh
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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廣 | 州 |
こう Jinmeiyō |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
on'yomi | kan'on |
For pronunciation and definitions of 廣州 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 廣州, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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廣 | 州 |
Proper noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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廣 | 州 |
Proper noun
[edit]廣州
- chữ Hán form of Quảng Châu (“Guangzhou”).
Categories:
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- Teochew terms with audio pronunciation
- Chinese lemmas
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- Mandarin proper nouns
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- Taishanese proper nouns
- Hakka proper nouns
- Eastern Min proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Teochew proper nouns
- Puxian Min proper nouns
- Wu proper nouns
- Middle Chinese proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 廣
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- zh:Guangzhou
- zh:Cities in Guangdong
- zh:Cities in China
- zh:Provincial capitals of China
- zh:Places in Guangdong
- zh:Places in China
- Chinese terms with historical senses
- zh:Historical political subdivisions
- zh:Gwangju
- zh:Cities in Gyeonggi Province
- zh:Cities in South Korea
- zh:Places in Gyeonggi Province
- zh:Places in South Korea
- Japanese terms spelled with 廣 read as こう
- Japanese terms spelled with 州 read as しゅう
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
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- Korean proper nouns
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