東平洲

Chinese

		east
trad. (東平洲)		東	平洲
simp. (东平洲)		东	平洲

Etymology

Originally 平洲. The qualifier 東／东 (dōng, “east”) was added to distinguish the island from another island named 坪洲 (ping4 zau1, “Peng Chau”), which is homophonous with 平洲 (ping4 zau1) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngpíngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ ping⁴ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngpíngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongpíngjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-pʻing²-chou¹
    • Yale: Dūng-píng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongpyngjou
    • Palladius: Дунпинчжоу (Dunpinčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ ping⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: dūng pìhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ ping⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ping⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

東平洲

1. Tung Ping Chau (an island in the Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong)

See also

• 坪洲 (Píngzhōu)