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Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gou1 hung4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kô-kiùng
- Min Dong (BUC): Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
- Min Nan (POJ): Ko-hiông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
- IPA (key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gou1 hung4
- Yale: gōu hùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gou1 hung4
- IPA (key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
- Hakka Romanization System: go´ giungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: go1 giung2
- IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
- IPA (key): /ko⁵⁵ (h-)yŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông
- Tâi-lô: Ko-hiông
- Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hioong
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤ³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/
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- (Hokkien)