五原

Chinese

		five	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad. (五原)		五	原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔyuán
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-yüan²
    • Yale: Wǔ-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuyuan
    • Palladius: Уюань (Ujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: ńgh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jyːn²¹/

Proper noun

五原

1. (～縣) Wuyuan County, Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia

   • 秋七月，有虹見於玉堂；五原山岸，盡皆崩裂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     秋七月，有虹见于玉堂；五原山岸，尽皆崩裂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Qiū qī yuè, yǒu hóng jiàn yú yùtáng; Wǔyuán shān àn, jìn jiē bēngliè. [Pinyin]

     In autumn during the seventh lunar month, a rainbow was seen in the imperial palace; in the side of a mountain in Wuyuan, a huge rift was created (as the result of an earthquake).