穀饒

穀饒

Chinese

		grain; corn	to spare
trad. (穀饒/谷饒)		穀/谷	饒
simp. (谷饶)		谷	饶

Etymology

Renamed from 赤寮 (Chìliáo) during the Qing era after irrigation was introduced.[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔráo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk¹ jiu⁴
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): gog⁴ riao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔráo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔráo
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-jao²
    • Yale: Gǔ-ráu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guurau
    • Palladius: Гужао (Gužao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk¹ jiu⁴
    • Yale: gūk yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁷ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug¹ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚⁵ jiːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gog⁴ riao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kok jiâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kok̚²⁻⁴ d͡ziau⁵⁵/

Proper noun

穀饒

1. (～鎮) Gurao (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

Synonyms

• (historical) 赤寮 (Chìliáo)

References

1. 中華人民共和國地名詞典：廣東省, 商務印書館, 1994