湄公
Chinese
phonetic | |||
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trad. (湄公) | 湄 | 公 | |
simp. #(湄公) | 湄 | 公 |
Etymology
From some Southeast Asian language; compare Thai แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong), Khmer មេគង្គ (mei kong). The second syllable, written as 公, is ultimately related to 江 (OC *kroːŋ, “Yangtze; river”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Méigong
- Wade–Giles: Mei2-kung1
- Yale: Méi-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meigong
- Palladius: Мэйгун (Mɛjgun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei4 gung1
- Yale: mèih gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: méi4 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 湄公
- (~河) (usually attributive) Mekong
- 湄公流域 ― Méigōng liúyù ― Mekong River basin
- 湄公地區/湄公地区 ― Méigōng dìqū ― Greater Mekong Subregion
Derived terms
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