高雄

Chinese

		high; tall	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (高雄)		高	雄

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高雄 (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Min Nan 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Gāoxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ hung⁴
  - Yale: gōu hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ hung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go´ giungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ giung²
  - IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
  - IPA ^(key): /ko⁵⁵ ^(h-)yŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông
  - Tâi-lô: Ko-hiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

高雄

(～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
(～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
(～縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)

高雄 (hiragana たかお, rōmaji Takao, historical hiragana たかを)

高雄 (hiragana たかお, rōmaji Takao, historical hiragana たかを)

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