杭州

Chinese

		surname; Hangzhou	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
simp. and trad. (杭州)		杭	州

Etymology

The province's name derived from 餘杭／余杭 (Yúháng), traditionally glossed as a mistake for 禹航 (“Yu's ferry”) but more likely a transcription into Old Chinese characters of a native Proto-Wu placename.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hángzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ zau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Hòng-chû
Min Dong (BUC): Hòng-ciŭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): Hâng-chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁵ ziu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): hhaan tseu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Hángzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Harngjou
  - IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: hòhng jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hòng-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: hongˇ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hong² zu¹
  - IPA: /hoŋ¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Hòng-ciŭ
  - IPA ^(key): /houŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâng-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Hâng-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hangciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hang⁵ ziu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng tsiu
  - IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhaan tseu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɑ̃²² t͡sɜ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

杭州

(～市) Hangzhou, a former imperial capital and the present capital of Zhejiang province in China.
(～灣) Hangzhou Bay, the adjacent bay of the East China Sea separating Shanghai and Ningbo.
(historical) Hang Prefecture or Province, a former division of imperial China.

Synonyms

(city): 杭 (háng), 臨安／临安 (Lín'ān), (historical) 行在 (Xíngzài)

Derived terms

蘇杭／苏杭 (Sūháng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杭	州
こう Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

杭州 (hiragana こうしゅう, rōmaji Kōshū)

Hangzhou

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