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浙江

浙江

Chinese

		Zhejiang	river
simp. and trad. (浙江)		浙	江

Proper noun

浙江

(geography) Zhejiang, the coastal province of eastern China between Hangzhou Bay and Fujian.
(historical, geography) The Zhe River, a former name of the Qiantang River of Zhejiang.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浙	江
せつ > せっ Hyōgaiji	こう Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

浙江 ‎(hiragana せっこう, romaji Sekkō)

Zhejiang

Etymology

From addition of 江 ("river") to the placename 浙 ("Zhe River") to clarify the sense.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Zhèjiāng, Zhéjiāng, Zhèjiang

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ gong¹
Min Nan (POJ): Chiat-kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhèjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jehjiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhéjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jerjiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhèjiang
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄤ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeh.jiang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i̯ɑŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ gong¹
  - Yale: jit gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ gong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiat-kang
  - Tâi-lô: Tsiat-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciatkafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/