德州

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (德州)		德	州
simp. #(德州)		德	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dézhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dézhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Déjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Tê²-chou¹
    • Yale: Dé-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Derjou
    • Palladius: Дэчжоу (Dɛčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ zau¹
    • Yale: dāk jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

德州

1. (～市) Dezhou (a prefecture-level city in Shandong, China)

Descendants

• → English: Dezhou, Te-chou

Etymology 2

Proper noun

德州

1. Short for 德克薩斯州／德克萨斯州 (Dékèsàsī Zhōu, “State of Texas”).