廣陵
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See also: 广陵
Chinese
| expansive wide broad |
tomb(s) (burial) mound(s) hill(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (廣陵) | 廣 | 陵 | |
| simp. (广陵) | 广 | 陵 | |
Etymology
Established as a dowry town under Chu in 319 BC, renaming a district and settlement conquered from Yue.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎnglíng
- Wade–Giles: Kuang3-ling2
- Yale: Gwǎng-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangling
- Palladius: Гуанлин (Guanlin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
廣陵
- (historical) Guangling (a former county of China), now Yangzhou Prefecture
- (historical) Guangling (a former commandery of China), now Yangzhou Prefecture
- (historical) Guangling (a former city in China), now Yangzhou
Synonyms
References
- Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 69, note 11 (in Mandarin), →ISBN