番禺
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Chinese
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name |
(place); district | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (番禺) | 番 | 禺 | |
| simp. #(番禺) | 番 | 禺 | |
Etymology
Attested in the Records of the Grand Historian and the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
There are multiple theories attempting to explain the origin of the name:
- There were two mountains in the region, 番山 (“Pan Mountain”) and 禺山 (“Yu Mountain”). 番禺 was formed by combining the first characters of the names of the two mountains.
- From 番山之禺 (“corner of Pan mountain”), with 禺 (yú) being equivalent to 隅 (yú, “corner”).
- From 蕃禺 (“remote place of foreign tribes”), composed of 蕃 (fān, “foreign tribes”) and 禺 (yú) (equivalent to 隅 (yú, “corner; remote place”)).
- Composed of Proto-Tai *ɓaːnꟲ (“village”) and Proto-Tai *klwɯəᴬ (“salt”) (literally "salt village").
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pun1 jyu4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): pon1 ngui3
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ ㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Panyú
- Wade–Giles: Pʻan1-yü2
- Yale: Pān-yú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Panyu
- Palladius: Паньюй (Panʹjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰän⁵⁵ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pun1 jyu4
- Yale: pūn yùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: pun1 jy4
- Guangdong Romanization: pun1 yu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰuːn⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: pon1 ngui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰᵘɔn³³ ᵑɡui²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoan-gû
- Tâi-lô: Phuan-gû
- Phofsit Daibuun: phoan'guu
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: puan1 ngo5 / puang1 ngo5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuaⁿ ngô / phuang ngô
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰũã³³⁻²³ ŋo⁵⁵/, /pʰuaŋ³³⁻²³ ŋo⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: phan ngju
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan ŋo/
Proper noun
番禺