松花江

Chinese

		pine pollen; century egg	river
trad. (松花江)		松花	江
simp. ^#(松花江)		松花	江

Etymology

松花 is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari), as in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula, “Songhua River”). The original meaning of sunggari may be “Milky Way”; cf. ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (sunggari bira, “Milky Way”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sōnghuā Jiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ faa¹ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sōnghuā Jiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Songhua Jiang
  - Wade–Giles: Sung¹-hua¹ Chiang¹
  - Yale: Sūng-hwā Jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songhua Jiang
  - Palladius: Сунхуа Цзян (Sunxua Czjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ faa¹ gong¹
  - Yale: chùhng fā gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ faa¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ fa¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

松花江

Songhua River (a river in northeastern China)

Derived terms

第二松花江 (Dì'èr Sōnghuā Jiāng)

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