Guangdong

Guangdong

See also: Guǎngdōng

English

Alternative forms

• Kwangtung, Kwang-Tung
• Canton (historical)
• (from Wade–Giles) Kuang-tung
• (obsolete) Quantung, Quang-tong
• (misspelling) Guandong

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng). 廣／广 (guǎng) itself means "expanse", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 C.E.. "Guangdong" and neighbouring Guangxi literally mean "Guang East" and "Guang West". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (兩廣／两广 (Liǎngguǎng)). Doublet of Canton, which went through Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑŋˈdʊŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡwæŋˈdʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: Guang‧dong

Proper noun

Guangdong

1. A populous province in China, located on the southern coast. Capital: Guangzhou.
   • 1975, Goldwasser, Janet; Stuart Dowty, “Women: Half of Heaven”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China‎, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, LCCN 74-7790, OCLC 471721488, page 135:

     After the break-up of the 1924-1927 United Front, the Chinese Communist Party set up Soviets—liberated districts— in several parts of South China. One of the earliest liberated areas, organized in 1927-1928, was in the Hailufeng District of Guangdong Province.

   • 1992, Nixon, Richard, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment‎, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, LCCN 91-37743, OCLC 440652941, page 175:

     If the United States revoked MFN status, tariffs would skyrocket on the goods such as textiles, shoes, and toys that are primarily produced by private enterprises. Coastal provinces, such as Guangdong near Hong Kong and Fukien near Taiwan, that have served as the beachhead for free-market economics would suffer the worst blow.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Guangdong.

Translations

province of China

Arabic: كْوَنْغْدُنْغ‎ m (kwanḡdunḡ), غْوَانْغْدُونْغ‎ m (ḡwanḡdunḡ) Armenian: Գուանդուն (hy) (Guandun) Burmese: ကွမ်တုန်း (kwamtun:) Chinese: Cantonese: 廣東 (yue), 广东 (gwong2 dung1) Mandarin: 廣東／广东 (zh) (Guǎngdōng) Min Nan: 廣東 (zh-min-nan), 广东 (Kńg-tang) Czech: Kuang-tung Czech: Guangdong Georgian: გუანდუნი (guanduni) Greek: Καντόνα n (Kantóna), Κουανγκτούνγκ n (Kouangktoúngk), Γκουανγκντόνγκ n (Gkouangkntóngk) Hungarian: Kuangtung (hu) Japanese: 広東 (Kanton), カントン (Kanton) Khmer: ក្វាងទុង (kvaangtung) Korean: 광동(廣東) (Gwangdong) Latvian: Guanduna Lithuanian: Guangdongas Macedonian: Гуа́нгдунг m (Guángdung) Manchu: ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ (guwangdung) Marathi: कुआंग्टुंग (kuāṅgṭuṅga) Okinawan: 広東 (Kwantun) Russian: Гуанду́н (ru) m (Guandún) Thai: กวางตุ้ง (th) (gwaang-dtûng) Tibetan: ཀོང་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན (kong tung zhing chen) Vietnamese: Quảng Đông (vi) Zhuang: Guengjdoeng, Gvangjdungh

See also

• Cantonese

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French

Alternative forms

• Kouang-Tong (obsolete)

Etymology

Pinyin transliteration of Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dɔ̃ɡ/, /ɡwaŋ.dɔŋ/

Proper noun

Guangdong m

1. Guangdong (a province of China)

   Meronym: Canton

Related terms

• cantonais