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長沙

長沙

See also: 长沙

Chinese

		long	sands (sandy) beach shoal
trad. (長沙)		長	沙
simp. (长沙)		长	沙

Proper noun

長沙

Changsha, capital of Hunan in China
(historical) Changsha, a former island in the Yangtze estuary now joined to Chongming Island

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	沙
ちょう Grade: 2	さ Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

長沙 ‎(hiragana ちょうさ, romaji Chōsa)

Changsha

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Chángshā

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ saa¹
Min Nan (POJ): Tiông-sa / Tn̂g-soa / Tiâng-see

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Chángshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Changrsha
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ saa¹
  - Yale: chèuhng sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ saa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹ sɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiông-sa
  - Tâi-lô: Tiông-sa
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tn̂g-soa
  - Tâi-lô: Tn̂g-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngsoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiâng-see
  - Tâi-lô: Tiâng-see
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ¹³⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/