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

• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuan⁵ ziu¹

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhièn-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Choân-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuân-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoanciw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ 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/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 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)
• → Vietnamese: Tuyền Châu (泉州)

Others:

• → English: Quanzhou
• → French: Quanzhou
• → German: Quanzhou
• → Korean: 취안저우 (Chwianjeou)
• → Portuguese: Quanzhou
• → Russian: Цюаньчжо́у (Cjuanʹčžóu)
• → Spanish: Quanzhou

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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