柯利根

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (柯利根)		柯	利	根
alternative forms		柯利近

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oregon, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kēlìgēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ lei⁶ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kēlìgēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kelìgen
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo¹-li⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: Kē-lì-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kelihgen
    • Palladius: Кэлигэнь (Kɛligɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ li⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹ lei⁶ gan¹
    • Yale: ō leih gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ lei⁶ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹ léi⁶ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ lei̯²² kɐn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

柯利根

1. (～省) (obsolete) Oregon (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

• (Mainland China, Hong Kong) 俄勒岡／俄勒冈 (Élègāng)
• (Taiwan) 奧勒岡／奥勒冈 (Àolègāng)