歐陽

歐陽

See also: 欧阳

Chinese

		surname; Europe	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (歐陽)		歐	陽
simp. (欧阳)		欧	阳

Etymology

According to 11th-century CE writer Ouyang Xiu, the surname originated with 4th-century BCE Prince 蹄 (Tí) of Yue, who settled on the southern face (陽／阳 (yáng)) of 歐余山／欧余山 (Ōuyúshān, “mountain in Huzhou”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ōuyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹ joeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Êu-yòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Au-iông / O-iông / Au-iâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹ iang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ōuyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ouyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Ou¹-yang²
    • Yale: Ōu-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ouyang
    • Palladius: Оуян (Oujan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹ joeng⁴
    • Yale: āu yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Êu-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: eu´ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: eu¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /eu̯²⁴ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Êu-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: eu´ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: eu¹ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /eu̯²⁴ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au-iông
    • Tâi-lô: Au-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: au'ioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /au⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: O-iông
    • Tâi-lô: O-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oi'ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au-iâng
    • Tâi-lô: Au-iâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: au'iaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ao¹ iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

歐陽

1. a surname

   歐陽修／欧阳修  ―  Ōuyáng Xiū  ―  Ouyang Xiu (Song dynasty politician and essayist)

Descendants

• → English: Ouyang, O'Young