九州
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九州 (Kyūshū): Kyushu.
Chinese
| nine | province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (九州) | 九 | 州 | |
| simp. #(九州) | 九 | 州 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒujhou
- Wade–Giles: Chiu3-chou1
- Yale: Jyǒu-jōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoujou
- Palladius: Цзючжоу (Czjučžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 zau1
- Yale: gáu jāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 dzau1
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 zeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiú-chiu
- Tâi-lô: Kiú-tsiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiwciw
- IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
九州
- (historical) the Nine Provinces of ancient China; China
- 昔後漢荒君，信惑邪偽，妄假睡夢，事胡妖鬼，以亂天常，自古九州之中無此也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE
- Xī Hòuhàn huāng jūn, xìn huò xiéwěi, wàng jiǎ shuìmèng, shì hú yāoguǐ, yǐ luàn tiāncháng, zìgǔ Jiǔzhōu zhīzhōng wú cǐ yě.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
昔后汉荒君，信惑邪伪，妄假睡梦，事胡妖鬼，以乱天常，自古九州之中无此也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- Kyushu (the third largest island of Japan)
Synonyms
- (China):
- 中 (abbreviation)
- 中共國 / 中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
- 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
- 中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
- 中華 / 中华
- 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
- 唐山 (Tángshān)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
- 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
- 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
- 契弟 (qìdì) (Internet slang, derogatory)
- 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
- 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
- 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
- 牆國 / 墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
- 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
- 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
- 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
- 華 / 华 (abbreviation)
- 華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
- 諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
- 諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
- 貴支 / 贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
- 贏國 / 赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
- 赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
- 赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
- 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 九 | 州 |
| きゅう Grade: 1 |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | |
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan. The southernmost before Okinawa, it is (usually) composed of the seven prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.
Usage notes
- Reference works often include Okinawa, but this is not a very common treatment in real life. (See
九州 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja)
Descendants
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN