昭通

Chinese

		illustrious; manifest	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (昭通)		昭	通
simp. #(昭通)		昭	通

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhāotōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tung¹ / ciu¹ tung¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ciĕu-tŭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chiau-thong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāotōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhaotong
    • Wade–Giles: Chao¹-tʻung¹
    • Yale: Jāu-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jautong
    • Palladius: Чжаотун (Čžaotun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ tung¹ / ciu¹ tung¹
    • Yale: jīu tūng / chīu tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tung¹ / tsiu¹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ tung¹ / qiu¹ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ciĕu-tŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)luŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiau-thong
    • Tâi-lô: Tsiau-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'tofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau³³ tʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

昭通

1. (～市) Zhaotong (a prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chao-t'ung, Zhaotong
• → Lü: ᦋᧁᧈᦒᦳᧂᧈ (tsaw¹thung¹)