姑蘇

See also: 姑苏

Chinese

		paternal aunt	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (姑蘇)		姑	蘇
simp. (姑苏)		姑	苏

Etymology

From the nearby Mount Gusu, likely from an earlier Wu placename.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gūsū

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gūsū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gusu
    • Wade–Giles: Ku¹-su¹
    • Yale: Gū-sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gusu
    • Palladius: Гусу (Gusu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ sou¹
    • Yale: gū sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 姑蘇

1. (～城) (historical) The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou
2. (～區) Gusu, a district of modern Suzhou, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown
3. (～山) Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou
4. (by metonymy, literary) modern Suzhou itself

Synonyms

• (Suzhou City): 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu)