雷州

Chinese

		thunder	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (雷州)		雷	州
simp. #(雷州)		雷	州

Etymology

Coined in 634 CE as 東合州 was renamed 雷州.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Léizhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lùi-chû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lûi-chiu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Léizhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Léijhou
    • Wade–Giles: Lei²-chou¹
    • Yale: Léi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leijou
    • Palladius: Лэйчжоу (Lɛjčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: lèuih jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lùi-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: lui^ˇ zu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lûi-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Luî-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-tseu
    • MiniDict: le^去 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

雷州

1. (～市) Leizhou (a county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)

Synonyms

• (former name) 海康 (Hǎikāng)

Derived terms

• 雷州半島 / 雷州半岛 (Léizhōu Bàndǎo)
• 雷州話 / 雷州话 (Léizhōuhuà)
• 雷州高涼薑 / 雷州高凉姜 (Léizhōu gāoliángjiāng)

 

Descendants

• → English: Leizhou, Luichow, Luichew
• → Georgian: ლეიჭოუ (leič̣ou)