江戶

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See also: 江戸 and 江户

Chinese

		river	a household; door; family
trad. (江戶)		江	戶
simp. (江户)		江	户

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 江戸(えど) (Edo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiānghù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ wu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kang-hō͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kaon-wu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānghù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jianghù
  - Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-hu⁴
  - Yale: Jyāng-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianghuh
  - Palladius: Цзянху (Czjanxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ wu⁶
  - Yale: gōng wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ wuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: Kang-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kangho
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kaon-wu
  - MiniDict: kaon^平 wu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kaan-hhu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɑ̃⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

Proper noun

江戶

(historical) Edo (former name of Tokyo)

Derived terms

江戶川／江户川 (Jiānghùchuān)
江戶幕府／江户幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)

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