永昌
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Chinese
| forever; always; perpetual(ly) | prosperous; flourish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (永昌) |
永 | 昌 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wing5 coeng1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): éng-chhiong / Éng-chhiong
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngchāng
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngchang
- Wade–Giles: yung3-chʻang1
- Yale: yǔng-chāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongchang
- Palladius: юнчан (junčan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngchāng
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngchang
- Wade–Giles: Yung3-chʻang1
- Yale: Yǔng-chāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongchang
- Palladius: Юнчан (Junčan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wing5 coeng1
- Yale: wíhng chēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: wing5 tsoeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: wing5 cêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-chhiong / Éng-chhiong
- Tâi-lô: íng-tshiong / Íng-tshiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: efngchiofng, efngchiofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/, /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
永昌
- (literary) long and prosperous (life)
Proper noun
永昌
- (～縣) Yongchang (a county of Jinchang, Gansu, China)
- (historical) the Yongchang era (a Chinese era name):
- The third era of Emperor Yuan of Jin, from 322 to 323.
- The fourth era of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in 689.
- The era of Li Zicheng as emperor of Shun, from 1644 to 1645.