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江蘇

江蘇

See also: 江苏

Chinese

		Short for 江寜	Short for 蘇州
trad. (江蘇)		江	蘇
simp. (江苏)		江	苏

Proper noun

江蘇

Jiangsu (a province of China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	蘇
こう Grade: S	そ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Proper noun

江蘇 ‎(hiragana こうそ, romaji Kōso)

Jiangsu

Etymology

From its two major cities, Nanjing (formerly known as Jiangning) and Suzhou.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Jiāngsū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄙㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ sou¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kông-sû
Min Nan (POJ): Kang-so͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jiāngsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄙㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangsu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ sou¹
  - Yale: gōng sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ sou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kông-sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong´ su´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ su¹
  - IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-so͘
  - Tâi-lô: Kang-soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kangsof
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/