銀川

See also: 银川

Chinese

		silver; money	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (銀川)		銀	川
simp. (银川)		银	川

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Yínchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): Йинчуан (Yinčuan, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ cyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gûn-chhoan / Gîn-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yínchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yínchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Yin²-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Yín-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ynchuan
    • Palladius: Иньчуань (Inʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: Йинчуан (Yinčuan, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ cyun¹
    • Yale: ngàhn chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gûn-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: Gûn-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunzhoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gîn-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: Gîn-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginzhoafn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Proper noun

銀川

1. (～市) Yinchuan (a prefecture-level city, the regional capital of Ningxia, China)

Descendants

• → English: Yin-ch'uan, Yinchuan, Yinchwan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	川
ぎん Grade: 3	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

銀(ぎん)川(せん) • (Ginsen) 

1. Yinchuan (a city in China)