武昌

Chinese

		martial; military	prosperous; flourish
simp. and trad. (武昌)		武	昌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔchāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄔㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ coeng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bú-chhiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔchāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄔㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔchang
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-chʻang¹
  - Yale: Wǔ-chāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuchang
  - Palladius: Учан (Učan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ coeng¹
  - Yale: móuh chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: Bú-tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bwchiofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mjuX tsyhang

Rime
Character	武	昌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	尺良切
Baxter	mjuX	tsyhang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo^X/	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mio^X/	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mio^X/	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆^X/	/cʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/mio^X/	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭu^X/	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u^X/	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	chāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵	coeng¹

Proper noun

武昌

(～區) Wuchang (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(historical) Alternative name for 鄂州 (Èzhōu, “Ezhou (city in eastern Hubei province, China)”).

Derived terms

武昌起義／武昌起义 (Wǔchāng Qǐyì)

Descendants

→ English: Wuchang, Ou-tchang, Wu-ch'ang, Wu-chang, Voutchang

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