永昌

永昌

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual (ly)	prosperous; flourish
simp. and trad. (永昌)		永	昌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngchāng, Yǒngchāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ, ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ coeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): éng-chhiong / Éng-chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngchang
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-chʻang¹
    • Yale: yǔng-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongchang
    • Palladius: юнчан (junčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǒngchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǒngchang
    • Wade–Giles: Yung³-chʻang¹
    • Yale: Yǔng-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeongchang
    • Palladius: Юнчан (Junčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ coeng¹
    • Yale: wíhng chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ t͡ʃʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-chhiong / Éng-chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: íng-tshiong / Íng-tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efngchiofng, efngchiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/, /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/, /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

永昌

1. (literary) long and prosperous (life)

Proper noun

永昌

1. (～縣) Yongchang (a county of Jinchang, Gansu, China)
2. (historical) the Yongchang era (a Chinese era name):
   1. The third era of Emperor Yuan of Jin, from 322 to 323.
   2. The fourth era of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, in 689.
   3. The era of Li Zicheng as emperor of Shun, from 1644 to 1645.