蘇州

蘇州

See also: 苏州

Chinese

		(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (蘇州)		蘇	州
simp. (苏州)		苏	州

Etymology

Named after 姑蘇山／姑苏山 (“Mount Gusu”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sūzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ zau¹
• Min Nan (POJ): So͘-chiu
• Wu (Wiktionary): su tseu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Sūzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sujou
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ zau¹
    • Yale: sōu jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Soo-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sociw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: su tseu (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /sv̩ʷ⁵⁵ t͡sɜ²¹/

Proper noun

蘇州

1. (～市) Suzhou (a city in Jiangsu, China)
2. Su province (the former imperial Chinese province in the area around modern-day Suzhou)

Synonyms

• (province): 吳郡／吴郡 (Wú Jùn)

Derived terms

蘇州屎／苏州屎 蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi) 蘇州話／苏州话 (sūzhōuhuà)

蘇州過後冇艇搭／苏州过后冇艇搭 蘇杭／苏杭 (Sūháng)

Descendants

• English: Suzhou, Soochow, Suchow, Suchou, Su-chou

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘇	州
そ Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

蘇州 (hiragana そしゅう, rōmaji Soshū)

1. Suzhou