婺州

Chinese

		beautiful	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (婺州)		婺	州
simp. #(婺州)		婺	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wùzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wùzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wùjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Wu⁴-chou¹
    • Yale: Wù-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuhjou
    • Palladius: Учжоу (Učžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ zau¹
    • Yale: mouh jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuH tsyuw

Rime
Character	婺	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	亡遇切	職流切
Baxter	mjuH	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoH/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/mioH/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/mioH/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆H/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/mioH/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/mĭuH/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uH/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou6	zau1

Proper noun

婺州

1. (historical) Wuzhou (an ancient name for the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang, China)