貴州

貴州

See also: 贵州

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (貴州)		貴	州
simp. (贵州)		贵	州

Etymology

Corruption of earlier 矩州 (Jǔzhōu); used since Song dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guìzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ zau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kui-chû
• Min Dong (BUC): Gói-ciŭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kùi-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ ziu¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): kue tseu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Guìzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueyjou
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ zau¹
    • Yale: gwai jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kui-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ zu¹
    • IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡su²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gói-ciŭ
    • IPA ^(key): /kuoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kùi-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Kuì-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuieciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui³ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi tsiu
    • IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kue tseu (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɯe̞³³ t͡sɜ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

貴州

1. (～省) Guizhou (a province of China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	州
き Grade: 6	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

貴州 (hiragana きしゅう, rōmaji Kishū)

1. Guizhou