酒泉

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	fountain; spring
trad. (酒泉)		酒	泉
simp. #(酒泉)		酒	泉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒucyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chʻüan²
    • Yale: jyǒu-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchyuan
    • Palladius: цзюцюань (czjucjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² cyun⁴
    • Yale: jáu chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjuwX dzjwen

Rime
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子酉切	疾緣切
Baxter	tsjuwX	dzjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨuX/	/d͡ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siuX/	/d͡zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəuX/	/d͡zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suwX/	/d͡zwian/
Li Rong	/t͡siuX/	/d͡ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəuX/	/d͡zĭwɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯uX/	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau2	cyun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsuʔ  s-N-ɢʷar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsluʔ  sɡʷen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǔ	quán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjuwX ›	‹ dzjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*tsuʔ/	/*s-N-ɢʷar/ (MC I!)
English	wine	spring, source
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15554	10728
Phonetic component	酉	泉
Rime group	幽	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	酒	全
Old Chinese	/*ʔsluʔ/	/*sɡʷen/

Noun

酒泉

1. (literary, figuratively) overflowing with liquor

Proper noun

酒泉

1. (～市) Jiuquan (a prefecture-level city in Gansu, China)
2. (historical) (～郡) Jiuquan (an ancient commandery in modern Gansu, China)