揚州

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See also: 扬州

Chinese

raise
rising 		prefecture(s)
prefectural capital(s)
trad. (揚州) 揚 州
simp. (扬州) 扬 州
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Etymology

From the area of 揚州 recorded as one of the Nine Provinces 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) of Yu the Great 大禹 (Dà Yǔ) in the "Tribute of Yu" 禹贡 (Yǔ Gòng) section of the Book of Xia 夏書 / 夏书 (Xià Shū) in the Book of Documents 書經 / 书经 (shūjīng)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 揚 州
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 與章切 職流切
Baxter yang tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨɐŋ/ /t͡ɕɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɐŋ/ /t͡ɕiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iɑŋ/ /t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jɨaŋ/ /cuw/
Li
Rong 		/iaŋ/ /t͡ɕiu/
Wang
Li 		/jĭaŋ/ /t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/i̯aŋ/ /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yáng zhōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		joeng4 zau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 揚 州
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yáng zhōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yang › ‹ tsyuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*laŋ/ /*tu/
English raise islet in stream; province

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 揚 州
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14592 17493
Phonetic
component 		昜 州
Rime
group 		陽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		陽 周
Old
Chinese 		/*laŋ/ /*tju/
Notes 金文象人雙手舉玉加昜聲

Proper noun

揚州

  1. (～市) Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)
  2. (historical) Yangzhou (an ancient province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揚州):
  • → English: Yang-chou, Yangchow, Yangzhou

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    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    揚 州
    よう
    Grade: S     		しゅう
    Grade: 3
    on'yomi

    Proper noun

    揚(よう)州(しゅう) • (Yōshū) 

    1. Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    揚州

    Proper noun

    揚州

    1. chữ Hán form of Dương Châu (“Yangzhou”).
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