長江

See also: 长江

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	river
trad. (長江)		長	江
simp. (长江)		长	江
Literally: “long river”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cháng Jiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ gong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chhòng-kông
• Min Dong (BUC): Diòng-gĕ̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tn̂g-kang / Tiông-kang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang⁵ gang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): zan kaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Cháng Jiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charng Jiang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ gong¹
    • Yale: chèuhng gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ gong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhòng-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: congˇ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong² gong¹
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Diòng-gĕ̤ng
    • IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋøyŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tn̂g-kang / Tiông-kang
    • Tâi-lô: Tn̂g-kang / Tiông-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkafng, diongkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/, /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/, /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/, /tiɔŋ¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/, /tiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/, /tiɔŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang⁵ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâng kang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zan kaan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻ã²² kɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

長江

1. Yangtze River
2. (～河) Changjiang Creek, the upper course of the Jin River (錦江) in Jiangxi
3. (～社區) Changjiang (a community in Guanshan, Hongshan, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

• 江 (jiāng) (ancient, literary, or abbreviated)
• 揚子江／扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) (originally only in reference to the lower reaches)

Derived terms

• 長江三峽／长江三峡
• 長江三角洲／长江三角洲 (Chángjiāng Sānjiǎozhōu)
• 長江天塹／长江天堑

• 長江後浪催前浪，一代新人換舊人／长江后浪催前浪，一代新人换旧人
• 長江無六月／长江无六月

See also

• 黃河／黄河 (Huáng Hé)
• 淮河 (Huái Hé)
• 濟水／济水 (Jǐ Shuǐ)
• 四瀆／四渎 (Sì Dú)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
長	江
ちょう Grade: 2	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

From Chinese 長江 (literally “long river”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ちょ​ーこー [chóꜜòkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

長江 (hiragana ちょうこう, rōmaji chōkō, historical hiragana ちやうかう)

1. (literally) a long river

Proper noun

長江 (hiragana ちょうこう, rōmaji Chōkō, historical hiragana ちやうかう)

1. the Yangtze River

   Synonym: 揚子江 (Yōsukō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
長	江
なが Grade: 2	え Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠e̞]

Proper noun

長江 (hiragana ながえ, rōmaji Nagae)

1. A surname​.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
長	江

Proper noun

長江 • (Janggang) (hangeul 장강)

1. Hanja form^? of 장강.