高雄
Chinese
high; tall | heroic; male | ||
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simp. and trad. (高雄) |
高 | 雄 | |
alternative forms | 髙雄 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高雄 (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Min Nan 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gou1 hung4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kô-kiùng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ko-hiông
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosyóng
- Wade–Giles: Kao1-hsiung2
- Yale: Gāu-syúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
- Palladius: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gou1 hung4
- Yale: gōu hùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gou1 hung4
- Guangdong Romanization: gou1 hung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
- Hakka Romanization System: go´ giungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: go1 giung2
- Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ko⁵⁵ (h-)yŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Proper noun
- (~市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
- (~市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
- (~縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)
Descendants
- → English: Kaohsiung, Kao-hsiung, Gaosyong, Gaoxiong
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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高 | 雄 |
たか Grade: 2 |
お Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
- name of a town in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- a male given name
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Min Nan 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu).
Proper noun
Descendants
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