廣島

See also: 広島 and 广岛

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	island
trad. (廣島)		廣	島
simp. (广岛)		广	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 広島(ひろしま) (Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guǎngdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² dou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kóng-tó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngdǎo [Phonetic: guángdǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎngdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Kuang³-tao³
    • Yale: Gwǎng-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangdao
    • Palladius: Гуандао (Guandao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong² dou²
    • Yale: gwóng dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong² dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kóng-tó
    • Tâi-lô: Kóng-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 廣島

1. (～縣) Hiroshima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Hiroshima (a city, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)