要衝

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Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	of great force; towards; dash against
trad. (要衝)		要	衝
simp. (要冲)		要	冲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàochōng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ cung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-chhiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàochōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàochong
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-chʻung¹
  - Yale: yàu-chūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawchong
  - Palladius: яочун (jaočun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ cung¹
  - Yale: yiu chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaochiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

要衝

strategic place; hub

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	衝
よう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーしょー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

要(よう)衝(しょう) • (yōshō) ^{←えうしよう (eusyou)^?}

important (major) place for conducting matters

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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