武昌

Chinese

		martial; military	prosperous; flourish
simp. and trad. (武昌)		武	昌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔchāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ coeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bú-chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔchang
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-chʻang¹
    • Yale: Wǔ-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuchang
    • Palladius: Учан (Učan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ coeng¹
    • Yale: móuh chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bú-chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: Bú-tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwchiofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX tsyhang

Rime
Character	武	昌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	尺良切
Baxter	mjuX	tsyhang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/	/cʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/mioX/	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	chāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5	coeng1

Proper noun

武昌

1. (～區) Wuchang (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
2. (historical) Alternative name for 鄂州 (Èzhōu, “Ezhou (city in eastern Hubei province, China)”).

Derived terms

• 武昌起義／武昌起义 (Wǔchāng Qǐyì)

 

Descendants

• → English: Wuchang, Ou-tchang, Wu-ch'ang, Wu-chang, Voutchang