揚子江

See also: 扬子江

Chinese

		Yangzi	river
trad. (揚子江)		揚子	江
simp. (扬子江)		扬子	江

Etymology

From 揚子／扬子 (Yángzǐ) (for "Yangzhou" directly or for a nearby ferry named "Yangzi") + 江 (jiāng, “(major) river”). Its false etymology as "Son of the Ocean" stems from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yángzǐ Jiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zi² gong¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Iòng-cṳ̄-gĕ̤ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iông-chú Kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yángzǐ Jiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yángzǐh Jiang
    • Wade–Giles: Yang²-tzŭ³ Chiang¹
    • Yale: Yáng-dž Jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangtzyy Jiang
    • Palladius: Янцзы Цзян (Janczy Czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ zi² gong¹
    • Yale: yèuhng jí gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzi² gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ji² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-cṳ̄-gĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)øyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iông-chú Kang
    • Tâi-lô: Iông-tsú Kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongzuo kafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

揚子江

1. (obsolete) the stretch of the Yangtze River between its mouth and Nanjing, near the formerly-important port of Yangzhou
2. Yangtze River

Usage notes

In Chinese, the name 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng) is overwhelmingly more common. To the extent 揚子江 is employed in modern usage, it is typically translating names or phrases from foreign languages, where variations on it became standard for the entire river.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揚子江):

• → Japanese: 揚(よう)子(す)江(こう) (Yōsukō)

→ English: Yangtze (calque)

→ German: Jangtsekiang

→ Korean: 양쯔강 (Yangjjeugang)

→ Portuguese: rio Yangtzé (calque)

→ Russian: Янцзы́ (Janczý)

→ Spanish: río Yangtsé (calque)

→ Thai: แม่น้ำแยงซี (calque)

→ Vietnamese: sông Dương Tử (calque)

References

• Yangtze River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 長江／长江 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 15, page 193, note 13 (in Mandarin), →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揚	子	江
よう Grade: S	す Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi	tōon	on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 揚子江／扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng).

Proper noun

揚(よう)子(す)江(こう) • (Yōsukō) ^{←やうすかう (yausukau)?}

1. Synonym of 長江 (Chōkō, “Yangtze River”)