行省

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province
simp. and trad. (行省)		行	省

Etymology

Short for 行中書省／行中书省 (xíng zhōngshūxǐng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ saang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-séng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshěng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shêng³
    • Yale: syíng-shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngsheeng
    • Palladius: синшэн (sinšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ saang²
    • Yale: hàhng sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ saːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-séng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengseang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

行省

1. (historical) province (in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in Chinese history, also Ancient Roman)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行省):

• → Japanese: 行省(こうしょう) (kōshō)

See also

• 省 (shěng)