泉州

Chinese

		fountain; spring	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (泉州)		泉	州
simp. #(泉州)		泉	州

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Quánzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ zau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chhièn-chû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): can² zu¹

• Northern Min (KCR): Cûing-ciú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ciòng-ciŭ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng² ziu¹ / zuiⁿ² ziu¹ / zyⁿ² ziu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Choân-chiu / Chôaⁿ-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuan⁵ ziu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhi-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Quánzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cyuánjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻüan²-chou¹
    • Yale: Chywán-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyuanjou
    • Palladius: Цюаньчжоу (Cjuanʹčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: chyùhn jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 全州 泉州

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhièn-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˇ zu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: can² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰan¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Cûing-ciú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suiŋ³³ t͡siu⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ciòng-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng² ziu¹ [Phonetic: soeng⁵ niu¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ¹³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)niu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zuiⁿ² ziu¹ [Phonetic: zuiⁿ⁵ ziu¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sũĩ¹³⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyⁿ² ziu¹ [Phonetic: zyⁿ⁵ ziu¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sỹ¹³⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³³/

Note:

• soeng2 ziu1 - used in Putian;
• zuiⁿ2 ziu1 - used in Xianyou, more common;
• zyⁿ2 ziu1 - used in Xianyou, less common.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Choân-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuân-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoanciw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡suan²³⁻²¹ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chôaⁿ-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuânn-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvoaciw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suã¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuan⁵ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuâⁿ tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sũã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhi-tseu
    • MiniDict: zhi^去 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxi-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑi²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjwen tsyuw

Rime
Character	泉	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾緣切	職流切
Baxter	dzjwen	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇn/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛn/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuæn/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwian/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛn/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭwɛn/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyun4	zau1

Proper noun

泉州

1. (～市) Quanzhou (a prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (泉州):

• → Japanese: 泉州(せんしゅう) (Senshū)
• → Korean: 천주(泉州) (Cheonju)
• → Vietnamese: Tuyền Châu (泉州)

Others:

• → English: Chinchew, Chin-chiu, Chinchu, Ch'uan-chou, Ch'üan-chou, Chuanchow, Cyuanjhou, Quanzhou, Tsuan-tsiu
• → French: Quanzhou
• → Georgian: ციუენჭოუ (ciuenč̣ou)
• → German: Quanzhou
• → Korean: 취안저우 (Chwianjeou)
• → Portuguese: Quanzhou
• → Russian: Цюаньчжо́у (Cjuanʹčžóu)
• → Spanish: Quanzhou

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “泉州”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 658.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泉	州
せん Grade: 6	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

泉(せん)州(しゅう) • (Senshū) 

1. Quanzhou (a city in Fujian, China)
2. (literary) Synonym of 和泉 (“Izumi province”)