臨川

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (臨川)		臨	川
simp. (临川)		临	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línchuan
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: lín-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linchuan
    • Palladius: линьчуань (linʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ cyun¹
    • Yale: làhm chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

臨川

1. to be facing a river

Derived terms

• 臨川羨魚／临川羡鱼

 

Proper noun

臨川

1. (～郡) (historical) Linchuan Commandery (an ancient commandery in modern-day Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)
2. (～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Linchuan District (a district of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)