羅省

See also: 罗省

Chinese

		phonetic	province
trad. (羅省)		羅	省
simp. (罗省)		罗	省

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Los Angeles.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably actually shortened from 羅省枝利”)

Compare Japanese 羅府 (Rafu, “Los Angeles”) and Korean 나성(羅城) (Naseong, “Los Angeles”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Luóshěng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lo⁴ saang²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lo³ sang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Luóshěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Luóshěng
  - Wade–Giles: Lo²-shêng³
  - Yale: Lwó-shěng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luosheeng
  - Palladius: Лошэн (Lošɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo⁴ saang²
  - Yale: lòh sáang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ saang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ sang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ saːŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lo³ sang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lᵘɔ²² saŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

羅省

(dated or dialectal) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

Synonyms

(dated) 羅省枝利／罗省枝利 (Luóshěngzhīlì), 羅生／罗生 (Luóshēng)

Dialectal synonyms of 洛杉磯 (“Los Angeles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	洛杉磯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	洛杉磯, LA, 羅省 dated
	Taishan	羅省
	Kaiping (Chikan)	羅省