建州

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (建州)		建	州
simp. #(建州)		建	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiànzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ zau¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiànzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiànjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Chien⁴-chou¹
    • Yale: Jyàn-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannjou
    • Palladius: Цзяньчжоу (Czjanʹčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ zau¹
    • Yale: gin jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-tseu
    • MiniDict: ci^去 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

建州

1. (historical) an administrative division in many dynasties of Imperial China
2. (historical) (～女真) the Jianzhou Jurchens, a subgroup of Jurchens