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揚子江
揚子江
See also: 扬子江
Chinese
| hurl; to raise; to scatter | child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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river | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (揚子江) | 揚 | 子 | 江 | |
| simp. (扬子江) | 扬 | 子 | 江 | |
Proper noun
揚子江
- (obsolete) the stretch of the Yangtze River between its mouth and Nanjing, near the formerly-important port of Yangzhou
- Yangtze River
Usage notes
In Chinese, the name 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng) is overwhelmingly more common. To the extent 揚子江 is employed in modern usage, it is typically translating names or phrases from foreign languages, where variations on it became standard for the entire river.
References
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Yangtze River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 長江 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
- Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 15, page 193, note 13 (in Mandarin), ISBN 957911305X
Etymology
From 揚子／扬子 (for "Yangzhou" directly or for a nearby ferry named "Yangzi") + 江 (jiāng, “(major) river”). Its false etymology as "Son of the Ocean" stems from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangtzyy Jiang
- IPA (key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: joeng4 zi2 gong1
- Yale: yèuhng jí gōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: joeng4 dzi2 gong1
- IPA (key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-cṳ̄-gĕ̤ng
- IPA (key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ (t͡s-)ʒy³³⁻²¹ (k-)øyŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)