黃岡

See also: 黄冈

Chinese

		yellow	ridge; mound
trad. (黃岡)		黃	岡
simp. (黄冈)		黄	冈

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huánggāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ gong¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon-kaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huánggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huánggang
    • Wade–Giles: Huang²-kang¹
    • Yale: Hwáng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwanggang
    • Palladius: Хуанган (Xuangan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ gong¹
    • Yale: wòhng gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon-kaon
    • MiniDict: waon^去 kaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-kaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² kɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

黃岡

1. (～市) Huanggang (a prefecture-level city in Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Huanggang (a town in Raoping, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China)

Descendants

• → English: Huanggang, Huang-kang, Hwangkang