阿波

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (阿波)		阿	波

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 阿波 (Awa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ābō

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ābō
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Abo
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-po¹
    • Yale: Ā-bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Abo
    • Palladius: Або (Abo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿波

1. (～市) Awa (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	波
あ Jinmeiyō	は > わ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

阿(あ)波(わ) • (Awa) 

1. Awa (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)
2. Awa Province, an old province of Japan
3. a surname