餘杭

餘杭

See also: 余杭

Chinese

		remainder	surname; Hangzhou
trad. (餘杭)		餘	杭
simp. (余杭)		余	杭

Etymology

Probably an Old Chinese transcription of an original Baiyue name, but folk etymologized as deriving from 禹航 (Yǔ Háng, “Yu's ferry”).

Li (1995) considers 餘 (OC *la) to be derived from a Tai-Kadai substrate word. Compare Proto-Tai *rɤjᴮ (“dry field”), whence Zhuang reih and Thai ไร่ (râi). Alternatively, Zhengzhang (1990) suggests it may be derived from Proto-Kam-Sui *ra (“field; farmland”), whence Southern Kam jav (/ja⁵/), Sui qxgas (/ʔɣa⁵/), Maonan yras (/ʔja⁵/).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yúháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄏㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yúháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuharng
    • IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

餘杭

1. (historical) Yuhang, a former city near Hangzhou in Zhejiang.
2. (～區) Yuhang District (modern district of Hangzhou)