永春

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (永春)		永	春

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǒngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ ceon¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Īng-chŭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Éng-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngchun
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-chʻun¹
    • Yale: Yǔng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongchuen
    • Palladius: Юнчунь (Junčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ ceon¹
    • Yale: wíhng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Īng-chŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Éng-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: Íng-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Proper noun

永春

1. (～縣) Yongchun (a county of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)

Descendants

• → English: Yongchun, Yung-ch'un, Eng-chhun, Eng Chhun, Eng Choon