餘姚

See also: 余姚

Chinese

		remainder	surname
trad. (餘姚)		餘	姚
simp. (余姚)		余	姚

Etymology

餘 (OC *la) is thought to be the same as the first syllable in 餘杭, and may be derived from a Kra-Dai substrate word. See 餘杭 for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yúyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yúyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yúyáo
    • Wade–Giles: Yü²-yao²
    • Yale: Yú-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuyau
    • Palladius: Юйяо (Jujjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jiu⁴
    • Yale: yùh yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

餘姚

1. (～市) Yuyao (a county-level city in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
2. (～村) Yuyao (a village in Zhucheng, Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

References

• 餘姚市 / 余姚市 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Yuyao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia