怒江

Chinese

		phonetic	river
trad. (怒江)		怒	江
simp. #(怒江)		怒	江

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nùjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁶ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nùjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nùjiang
    • Wade–Giles: Nu⁴-chiang¹
    • Yale: Nù-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nuhjiang
    • Palladius: Нуцзян (Nuczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁶ gong¹
    • Yale: nouh gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁶ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁶ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

怒江

1. Nu River, or the upper reaches of the Salween River in China
2. (～傈僳族自治州, ～州) Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Nujiang