松花江

Chinese

		pine pollen; century egg	river
simp. and trad. (松花江)		松花	江

Etymology

松花 is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari), as in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula, “Songhua River”). The original meaning of sunggari may be “Milky Way”; cf. ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (sunggari bira, “Milky Way”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sōnghuā Jiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sōnghuā Jiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚㄐㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songhua Jiang
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

松花江

Songhua River (river in northeast China)

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