銀川

See also: 银川

Chinese

		silver; money	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (銀川)		銀	川
simp. (银川)		银	川

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): Yínchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Йинчуан (Yinčuan, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ cyun¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gûn-chhoan / Gîn-chhoan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yínchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yínchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Yin²-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Yín-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ynchuan
  - Palladius: Иньчуань (Inʹčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Йинчуан (Yinčuan, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ cyun¹
  - Yale: ngàhn chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gûn-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Gûn-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gunzhoafn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gîn-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: Gîn-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ginzhoafn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Proper noun

銀川

(～市) Yinchuan (a prefecture-level city, the regional capital of Ningxia, China)

Descendants

→ English: Yin-ch'uan, Yinchuan, Yinchwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	川
ぎん Grade: 3	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

銀(ぎん)川(せん) • (Ginsen)

Yinchuan (a city in China)

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