九州

Chinese

		nine	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (九州)		九	州
simp. #(九州)		九	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǔzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kiú-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒujhou
    • Wade–Giles: Chiu³-chou¹
    • Yale: Jyǒu-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoujou
    • Palladius: Цзючжоу (Czjučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zau¹
    • Yale: gáu jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiú-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Kiú-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiwciw
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/

Proper noun

九州

1. (historical) the Nine Provinces of ancient China; China

   • 思九州之博大兮，豈惟是其有女？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     思九州之博大兮，岂惟是其有女？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Sī Jiǔzhōu zhī bódà xī, qǐ wéi shì qí yǒu nǚ? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 昔後漢荒君，信惑邪偽，妄假睡夢，事胡妖鬼，以亂天常，自古九州之中無此也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     昔后汉荒君，信惑邪伪，妄假睡梦，事胡妖鬼，以乱天常，自古九州之中无此也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Xī Hòuhàn huāng jūn, xìn huò xiéwěi, wàng jiǎ shuìmèng, shì hú yāoguǐ, yǐ luàn tiāncháng, zìgǔ Jiǔzhōu zhīzhōng wú cǐ yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Kyushu (the third largest island of Japan)

Synonyms

• (China):

• 中 (abbreviation)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華／中华 (Zhōnghuá)
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
• 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
• 猜拿 (transliteration of English China)
• 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
• 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
• 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
• 華／华 (abbreviation)
• 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià)
• 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)
• 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá)
• 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
• 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)

 

Japanese

九州 (Kyūshū): Kyushu.

Kanji in this term
九	州
きゅう Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅ​うしゅう [kyúꜜùshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːɕɨᵝː]

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Proper noun

九(きゅう)州(しゅう) • (Kyūshū) ^{←きうしう (kiusiu)?}

1. Kyushu, the third largest island of Japan. The southernmost before Okinawa, it is (usually) composed of the seven prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.

Usage notes

• Reference works often include Okinawa, but this is not a very common treatment in real life. (See 九州 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja)

Descendants

• Russian: Кюсю́ m (Kjusjú)