仰光

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Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (仰光)		仰	光

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yǎngguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ gwong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gióng-kong / Giáng-kong
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin-kuaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎngguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yǎngguang
  - Wade–Giles: Yang³-kuang¹
  - Yale: Yǎng-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeangguang
  - Palladius: Янгуан (Janguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁵ gwong¹
  - Yale: yéuhng gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gióng-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Gióng-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giofngkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Giáng-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Giáng-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giafngkofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnin-kuaon
  - MiniDict: nyin^去 kuaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin-kuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

仰光

Yangon (a city in Myanmar)
- 1891, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], 出使英法義比四國日記, volume 3, page 12:
  
  華商華工在仰光者三萬餘人，閩商居三分之一，生意較大，粵人雖多而生意次之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  华商华工在仰光者三万余人，闽商居三分之一，生意较大，粤人虽多而生意次之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Huáshāng huágōng zài Yǎngguāng zhě sān wàn yú rén, Mǐn shāng jū sān fēn zhī yī, shēngyì jiào dà, Yuè rén suī duō ér shēngyì cì zhī.
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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仰光):

→ Vietnamese: Ngưỡng Quang (仰光)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仰	光

Proper noun

仰光

chữ Hán form of Ngưỡng Quang (“Yangon”).

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