瓊崖

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	precipice
trad. (瓊崖)		瓊	崖
simp. (琼崖)		琼	崖

Etymology

From 瓊州／琼州 (Qióngzhōu) + 崖州 (Yázhōu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qióngyá, Qióngyái

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ ngaai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qióngyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cyóngyá
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻiung²-ya²
    • Yale: Chyúng-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyongya
    • Palladius: Цюнъя (Cjunʺja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qióngyái
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cyóngyái
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻiung²-yai²
    • Yale: Chyúng-yái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyongyai
    • Palladius: Цюнъяй (Cjunʺjaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: king⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Yale: kìhng ngàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ ngaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ ngai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/

Proper noun

瓊崖

1. (history) (～道) Qiongya (a circuit of Guangdong, China that administered the island of Hainan between 1912 and 1921 in the Republic of China period); (literary) Hainan