瀛洲

See also: 瀛州

Chinese

		ocean	continent; island
trad. (瀛洲)		瀛	洲
simp. #(瀛洲)		瀛	洲
alternative forms		瀛州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yíngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ zau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ìng-ciŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Êng-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yíngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yíngjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Ying²-chou¹
    • Yale: Yíng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yngjou
    • Palladius: Инчжоу (Inčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: yìhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ìng-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Êng-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Îng-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: engciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/

Proper noun

瀛洲

1. (Chinese mythology) Yingzhou, a mythological eastern island which is the home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality

   See also: 蓬萊, 方丈

2. (figurative, poetic) Japan

Derived terms

• 瀛洲玉雨
• 登瀛洲