揚州

See also: 扬州

Chinese

raise
rising
prefecture(s)
prefectural capital(s)
trad. (揚州)
simp. (扬州)

Etymology

From the area of 揚州 recorded as one of the Nine Provinces 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) of Yu the Great 大禹 (Dà Yǔ) in the "Tribute of Yu" 禹贡 (Yǔ Gòng) section of the Book of Xia 夏書夏书 (Xià Shū) in the Book of Documents 書經书经 (shūjīng)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (23)
Final () (105) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter yang tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨɐŋ/ /t͡ɕɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɐŋ/ /t͡ɕiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɑŋ/ /t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨaŋ/ /cuw/
Li
Rong
/iaŋ/ /t͡ɕiu/
Wang
Li
/jĭaŋ/ /t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯aŋ/ /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáng zhōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
joeng4 zau1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yáng zhōu
Middle
Chinese
‹ yang › ‹ tsyuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*laŋ/ /*tu/
English raise islet in stream; province

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14592 17493
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*laŋ/ /*tju/
Notes

Proper noun

揚州

  1. () Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)
  2. (historical) Yangzhou (an ancient province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揚州):
  • Japanese: (よう)(しゅう) (Yōshū)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: S
しゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

(よう)(しゅう) • (Yōshū) 

  1. Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)
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