建康

建康

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	peaceful; spongy (of radishes)
simp. and trad. (建康)		建	康

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiànkāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Jiànkāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiannkang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiànkang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ hong¹
    • Yale: gin hōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ hong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

建康

1. (historical) Jiankang, capital city of the Eastern Wu (229–265 and 266–280 CE), the Jin dynasty (317–420 CE) and the Southern Dynasties (420–552 and 557–589 CE), situated in present-day Nanjing, China

Synonyms

• 建業／建业 (Jiànyè)