柳やなぎ州しゅう

Chinese

		willow	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (柳やなぎ州しゅう)		柳やなぎ	州しゅう
simp. #(柳やなぎ州しゅう)		柳やなぎ	州しゅう

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liǔzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁵ zau¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Liú-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu² ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liǔzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liǒujhou
    • Wade–Giles: Liu³-chou¹
    • Yale: Lyǒu-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leoujou
    • Palladius: Лючжоу (Ljučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁵ zau¹
    • Yale: láuh jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁵ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁵ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liú-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Liú-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu² ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liú tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwX tsyuw

Rime
Character	柳やなぎ	州しゅう
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	來き (37)	章あきら (23)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)	尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	力ちから久ひさ切きり	職しょく流ながれ切きり
Baxter	ljuwX	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuX/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liuX/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuX/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwX/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/liuX/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/lĭəuX/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uX/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǔ	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau5	zau1

Proper noun

柳やなぎ州しゅう

1. (～市し) Liuzhou (a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi, China)

Descendants

• → English: Liuzhou, Liu-chou, Liuchow
• → Zhuang: Liujcouh