餘姚
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See also: 余姚
Chinese
| remainder | surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (餘姚) | 餘 | 姚 | |
| simp. (余姚) | 余 | 姚 | |
Etymology
餘 (OC *la) is thought to be the same as the first syllable in 餘杭, and may be derived from a Kra-Dai substrate word. See 餘杭 for more.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yúyáo
- Wade–Giles: Yü2-yao2
- Yale: Yú-yáu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuyau
- Palladius: Юйяо (Jujjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 jiu4
- Yale: yùh yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 jiu4
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 yiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
餘姚
- (～市) Yuyao (a county-level city in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
- (～村) Yuyao (a village in Zhucheng, Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
References
餘姚市／余姚市 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh- Yuyao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
