揚州

See also: 扬州

Chinese

		hurl; to raise; to scatter	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (揚州)		揚	州
simp. (扬州)		扬	州

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yángzhōu
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zau¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Yòng-chû
(Meixian, Guangdong): yong² zu¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ion¹ zou¹
Min Dong (BUC): Iòng-ciŭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Iông-chiu
(Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁵ ziu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): hhian tseu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yángzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yángjhou
  - Wade–Giles: Yang²-chou¹
  - Yale: Yáng-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangjou
  - Palladius: Янчжоу (Jančžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: yèuhng jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yòng-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: iongˇ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong² zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yòng-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iongˇ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong² zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yong² zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ion¹ zou¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /iɒ̃¹¹ t͡səu¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-ciŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iông-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Iông-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iang⁵ ziu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâng tsiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhian tseu (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦiã²² t͡sɜ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /jɨɐŋ t͡ɕɨu/

Rime
Character	揚	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與章切	職流切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng⁴	zau¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*laŋ tu/
(Zhengzhang): /*laŋ tju/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揚	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/	/*tu/
English	raise	islet in stream; province
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揚	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14592	17493
Phonetic component	昜	州
Rime group	陽	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	陽	周
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/	/*tju/
Notes	金文象人雙手舉玉加昜聲

Proper noun

揚州

(～市) Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)
(historical) Yangzhou (an ancient province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)

Derived terms

十年一覺揚州夢／十年一觉扬州梦
揚州八怪／扬州八怪
揚州十日／扬州十日 (Yángzhōu-shírì)
揚州夢／扬州梦
揚州彈詞／扬州弹词

揚州清曲／扬州清曲
揚州炒飯／扬州炒饭 (Yángzhōu chǎofàn)
揚州評話／扬州评话
揚州鶴／扬州鹤
騎鶴揚州／骑鹤扬州

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揚州):

→ Japanese: 揚(よう)州(しゅう) (Yōshū)

→ English: Yang-chou, Yangchow, Yangzhou

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揚	州
よう Grade: S	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

揚(よう)州(しゅう) • (Yōshū)

Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)