廣府

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	prefecture; mansion
trad. (廣府)		廣	府
simp. (广府)		广	府

Etymology

Referring to the historical 廣州府／广州府 (Guǎngzhōu fǔ, “Guangzhou prefecture”) in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which administered fourteen counties of Guangdong province in the Qing dynasty, and whose capital was located in Guangzhou.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guǎngfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² fu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Kóng-hú

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² hu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngfǔ [Phonetic: guángfǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎngfǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Kuang³-fu³
  - Yale: Gwǎng-fǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangfuu
  - Palladius: Гуанфу (Guanfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong² fu²
  - Yale: gwóng fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong² fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ fuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kóng-hú
  - Tâi-lô: Kóng-hú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofnghuo
  - IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ hu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kɔŋ⁴²⁻²⁴ hu⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang² hu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng hú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hu⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

廣府

Guangzhou and its surrounding areas; the Cantonese-speaking region

Usage notes

This term is used to refer to the dialects of Cantonese that are more or less similar to the Guangzhou dialect, in order to distinguish them from those that are more divergent (eg. the dialects spoken in Taishan or Yangjiang).

Derived terms

廣府人／广府人 (guǎngfǔrén)
廣府幫／广府帮
廣府戲／广府戏
廣府話／广府话 (guǎngfǔhuà)

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