徐州

Chinese

		slow; gentle; surname	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (徐州)		徐	州
simp. #(徐州)		徐	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xúzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ zau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sîr-chiu / Sû-chiu / Sî-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xúzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syújhou
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü²-chou¹
    • Yale: Syú-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyujou
    • Palladius: Сюйчжоу (Sjujčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: chèuih jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 徐州 隨州／随州

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîr-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Sîr-tsiu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sû-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Sû-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sî-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Sî-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siciw
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zjo tsyuw

Rime
Character	徐	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似魚切	職流切
Baxter	zjo	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/ziɔ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/zĭo/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯wo/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xú	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.la  tu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lja  tju/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徐	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xú	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ zjo ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.la/	/*tu/
English	walk slowly	islet in stream; province
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	徐	州
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15782	17493
Phonetic component	余	州
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	徐	周
Old Chinese	/*lja/	/*tju/

Proper noun

徐州

1. (～市) Xuzhou (a prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China)
2. (historical) Xuzhou (an ancient province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)

See also

• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徐	州
じょ Grade: S	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

徐(じょ)州(しゅう) • (Joshū) 

1. Xuzhou (a prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China)