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台州

台州

Chinese

		surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform surname; (classical) you (in letters); platform; Taiwan (abbr.)	province; state (United States); sub-prefecture
simp. and trad. (台州)		台	州

Proper noun

台州

Taizhou (a city on the eastern coast of Zhejiang, China)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Tāizhōu, Táizhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞㄓㄡ, ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹ zau¹, toi⁴ zau¹
Min Nan (POJ): Tâi-chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tāizhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taijou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Táizhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairjou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi¹ zau¹, toi⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: tōi jāu, tòih jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹ dzau¹, toi⁴ dzau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/, /tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daiciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/