皇州

Chinese

		emperor; surname	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (皇州)		皇	州
simp. #(皇州)		皇	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángjhou
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-chou¹
    • Yale: hwáng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangjou
    • Palladius: хуанчжоу (xuančžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang tsyuw

Rime
Character	皇	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡光切	職流切
Baxter	hwang	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	zau1

Noun

皇州

1. (literary) imperial capital

Synonyms

• 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (literary)
• 京城 (jīngchéng) (literary)
• 京師／京师 (jīngshī) (literary)
• 京華／京华 (jīnghuá) (literary)
• 京邑 (jīngyì) (literary)
• 京都 (jīngdū) (literary)
• 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 國都／国都 (guódū)
• 帝都 (dìdū) (imperial capital)
• 王京 (wángjīng) (literary, royal capital)
• 王都 (wángdū) (formal, royal capital)
• 神州 (shénzhōu) (literary)
• 都城 (dūchéng)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
• 鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
• 長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)