暗溝

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Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	ditch; gutter
trad. (暗溝)		暗	溝
simp. (暗沟)		暗	沟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): àngōu

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ kau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: àngōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àngou
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-kou¹
  - Yale: àn-gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anngou
  - Palladius: аньгоу (anʹgou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: am³ kau¹
  - Yale: am kāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am³ kau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: em³ keo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-kau
  - Tâi-lô: àm-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armkaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ kau⁴⁴/

Noun

暗溝

underground drainage ditch; underground drain; covered drain, underdrain

Synonyms

暗溝／暗沟 (àngōu)
(Hokkien) 涵空, 涵溝／涵沟, 陰空／阴空

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	溝
あん Grade: 3	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

暗(あん)溝(こう) • (ankō)

culvert, underground drainage ditch; underground drain; covered drain, underdrain

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