上越

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
simp. and trad. (上越)		上	越

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 上越 (Jōetsu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngyuè
    • Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: Shàng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqyueh
    • Palladius: Шанъюэ (Šanʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

上越

1. (～市) Jōetsu (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	越
じょう Grade: 1	えつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

上(じょう)越(えつ) • (Jōetsu) ^{←じやうゑつ (Zyawetu)?}

1. the former provinces of Kōzuke and Echigo
2. Jōetsu (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) [1971–]