松花江
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Chinese
| pine pollen; century egg | river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (松花江) | 松花 | 江 | |
| simp. #(松花江) | 松花 | 江 | |
Etymology
松花 is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari), as in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula, “Songhua River”). The original meaning of sunggari may be “Milky Way”; cf. ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (sunggari bira, “Milky Way”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Songhua Jiang
- Wade–Giles: Sung1-hua1 Chiang1
- Yale: Sūng-hwā Jyāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songhua Jiang
- Palladius: Сунхуа Цзян (Sunxua Czjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cung4 faa1 gong1
- Yale: chùhng fā gōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsung4 faa1 gong1
- Guangdong Romanization: cung4 fa1 gong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
松花江
- Songhua River (a river in northeastern China)
Derived terms
- 第二松花江 (Dì'èr Sōnghuā Jiāng)