赤寮

赤寮

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	Laos; fellow-official; hut
simp. and trad. (赤寮)		赤	寮

Etymology

Named such due to frequent drought in the Ming era.[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìliáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ liu⁴
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ciah⁴ liao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìliáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhliáo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-liao²
    • Yale: Chr̀-lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhliau
    • Palladius: Чиляо (Čiljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ljɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ liu⁴
    • Yale: chek lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ liːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciah⁴ liao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah liâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²⁻⁴ liau⁵⁵/

Note: ciah4 liao5 - Chaoyang.

Proper noun

赤寮

1. (historical) Chiliao (a place in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China; modern Gurao); (dated) Gurao (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

   未有赤寮先有余 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]

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Synonyms

• (modern official name) 穀饒／谷饶 (Gǔráo)

References

1. 中華人民共和國地名詞典：廣東省, 商務印書館, 1994