泉州

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Chinese

fountain; spring
province; prefecture; state
province; prefecture; state; county
 
trad. (泉州)
simp. #(泉州)
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Etymology

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Pronunciation


Note:
  • Putian:
    • soeng2 ziu1.
  • Xianyou:
    • zuiⁿ2 ziu1, more common;
    • zyⁿ2 ziu1 - less common.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (23)
Final () (78) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzjwen tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziuᴇn/ /t͡ɕɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zʷiɛn/ /t͡ɕiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjuæn/ /t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zwian/ /cuw/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziuɛn/ /t͡ɕiu/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭwɛn/ /t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/ /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
quán zhōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cyun4 zau1

Proper noun

泉州

  1. () Quanzhou (a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (泉州):

Others:

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “泉州”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 658.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 6
しゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
 泉州 on Japanese Wikipedia
 泉州市 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 泉州 (Quánzhōu)

Proper noun

(せん)(しゅう) (Senshū

  1. (~) Quanzhou (a city in Fujian, China)
    Synonym: 泉州市 (Senshū shi)

Etymology 2

Compound of (Clipping of 和泉 (Izumi Province)) +‎ (shū, province)

Proper noun

(せん)(しゅう) (Senshū

  1. (historical) short for 和泉 (Izumi no kuni, Izumi Province, a feudal province of Japan)
Coordinate terms
  1. (畿内) Coordinate terms: 城州, 山州, 和州, 河州, 泉州, 摂州
    (東海道) Coordinate terms: 伊州, 勢州, 志州, 尾州, 三州, 参州, 遠州, 駿州, 豆州, 甲州, 相州, 武州, 安州, 房州, 総州, 常州
    (東山道) Coordinate terms: 江州, 濃州, 飛州, 信州, 上州, 野州, 羽州, 陸州, 奥州
    (北陸道) Coordinate terms: 若州, 越州, 加州, 能州, 越州, 佐州, 渡州
    (山陰道) Coordinate terms: 丹州, 但州, 因州, 伯州, 雲州, 石州, 隠州
    (山陽道) Coordinate terms: 播州, 作州, 備州, 芸州, 防州, 長州
    (南海道) Coordinate terms: 紀州, 淡州, 阿州, 讃州, 予州, 土州
    (西海道) Coordinate terms: 豊州, 筑州, 肥州, 日州, 向州, 隅州, 薩州, 壱州, 対州

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

泉州

  1. chữ Hán form of Tuyền Châu (Quanzhou (a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China))