廣州

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See also: 広州 and 广州

Chinese

Liangguang
province; prefecture; state
province; prefecture; state; county
 
trad. (廣州) 廣 州
simp. (广州) 广 州
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Etymology

Originally the name of a prefecture, first established in 226 CE and re-established in 264 CE, that covered parts of present-day Guangdong and whose seat was originally located in Panyu.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • gung3 ziu1 - literary;
  • gng3 ziu1 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 廣 州
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 古晃切 職流切
Baxter kwangX tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwɑŋX/ /t͡ɕɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑŋX/ /t͡ɕiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑŋX/ /t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaŋX/ /cuw/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑŋX/ /t͡ɕiu/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑŋX/ /t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwɑŋX/ /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǎng zhōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwong2 zau1

Proper noun

廣州

  2. (～市, formerly ～府, ～路) Guangzhou (a prefecture-level city, subprovincial city, and port, the provincial capital of Guangdong, China)
  3. (historical) Guǎng Prefecture (various ancient prefectures of imperial China in present-day Guangdong and Guangxi autonomous region)
  5. (～市) Gwangju (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廣州 (“Guangzhou”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 廣州, 穗 short
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 廣州
Singapore 廣州
Cantonese Guangzhou 廣州, 廣府, 省城, 省
Hong Kong 廣州, 省城, 大圈 slang
Taishan 廣州, 省城
Kaiping (Chikan) 省
Dongguan 廣州, 省城
Singapore (Guangfu) 廣州
Hakka Meixian 廣州
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 省
Southern Min Xiamen 廣州
Quanzhou 廣州
Zhangzhou 廣州
Penang (Hokkien) 廣州
Singapore (Hokkien) 廣州
Leizhou 廣州

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廣州):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廣 州
こう
Jinmeiyō 		しゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of 廣州 – see the following entry.
【広州こうしゅう】
Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China)
(This term, 廣州, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
廣州

Proper noun

廣州 • (Gwangju) (hangeul 광주)

  1. hanja form? of 광주 (“Guangzhou”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
廣州

Proper noun

廣州

  1. chữ Hán form of Quảng Châu (“Guangzhou”).
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