芳村

Chinese

		fragrant	village
trad. (芳村)		芳	村
simp. #(芳村)		芳	村

Etymology

“psychiatric hospital”

From John Kerr's Hospital (惠愛醫癲院) in the defunct Fangcun District, the first psychiatric hospital in Guangzhou.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fāngcūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄘㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fāngcūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄘㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fangcun
    • Wade–Giles: Fang¹-tsʻun¹
    • Yale: Fāng-tswūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fangtsuen
    • Palladius: Фанцунь (Fancunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: fōng chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

芳村

1. Fangcun, Guangzhou
2. (historical) (～區) Fangcun District (a former district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

Noun

芳村

1. (Guangzhou Cantonese, slang) psychiatric hospital

   你快啲去芳村啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ faai³ di¹ heoi³ fong¹ cyun¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   You must be mad! (literally, "Hurry up, go to Fangcun Psychiatric Hospital now!")

Synonyms

• (psychiatric hospital): (Hong Kong Cantonese) 青山 (qīngshān)