姑蘇
See also: 姑苏
Chinese
paternal aunt | (plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet | ||
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trad. (姑蘇) | 姑 | 蘇 | |
simp. (姑苏) | 姑 | 苏 |
Etymology
From the nearby Mount Gusu, likely from an earlier Wu placename.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄙㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Gusu
- Wade–Giles: Ku1-su1
- Yale: Gū-sū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gusu
- Palladius: Гусу (Gusu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 姑蘇
- (~城) (historical) The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou
- (~區) Gusu, a district of modern Suzhou, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown
- (~山) Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou
- (by metonymy, literary) modern Suzhou itself
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