杭州

杭州

Chinese

		surname; Hangzhou	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
simp. and trad. (杭州)		杭	州

Etymology

The province's name derived from 餘杭／余杭 (Yúháng), traditionally glossed as a mistake for 禹航 (“Yu's ferry”) but more likely a transcription into Old Chinese characters of a native Proto-Wu placename.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hángzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hòng-chû
• Min Dong (BUC): Hòng-ciŭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hâng-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁵ ziu¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhaan tseu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Hángzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harngjou
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: hòhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hòng-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: hongˇ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hong² zu¹
    • IPA: /hoŋ¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hòng-ciŭ
    • IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâng-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Hâng-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hangciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang⁵ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng tsiu
    • IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhaan tseu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦɑ̃²² t͡sɜ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

杭州

1. (～市) Hangzhou, a former imperial capital and the present capital of Zhejiang province in China.
2. (～灣) Hangzhou Bay, the adjacent bay of the East China Sea separating Shanghai and Ningbo.
3. (historical) Hang Prefecture or Province, a former division of imperial China.

Synonyms

• (city): 杭 (háng), 臨安／临安 (Lín'ān), (historical) 行在 (Xíngzài)

Derived terms

蘇杭／苏杭 (Sūháng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
杭	州
こう Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

杭州 (hiragana こうしゅう, rōmaji Kōshū)

1. Hangzhou