肇慶

See also: 肇庆

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	celebrate
trad. (肇慶)		肇	慶
simp. (肇庆)		肇	庆

Wikipedia has articles on:

肇慶 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
肇慶 (Cantonese)
Sau-khin-sṳ (Hakka)
Diêu-kéng (Eastern Min)
Tiāu-khèng (Southern Min)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhàoqìng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu⁶ hing³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): siau⁵ hen¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Seu-khin
Eastern Min (BUC): Diêu-kéng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiāu-khèng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau-chin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhàoqìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhàocìng
  - Wade–Giles: Chao⁴-chʻing⁴
  - Yale: Jàu-chìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jawchinq
  - Palladius: Чжаоцин (Čžaocin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu⁶ hing³
  - Yale: siuh hing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ hing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ hing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² hɪŋ³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: siau⁵ hen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³² hen³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Seu-khin
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu kin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu⁴ kin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵ kʰin⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Diêu-kéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieu²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(kʰ-)ɛiŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiāu-khèng
  - Tâi-lô: Tiāu-khìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diauxqexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹⁻²² kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau-chin
  - MiniDict: zau^去 chin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau-qin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²² t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

肇慶

(～市) Zhaoqing (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)

Descendants

→ English: Chaoching, Chao-ch'ing, Chaoking, Shiuhing, Zhaoqing