五湖

Chinese

		five	lake
trad. (五湖)		五	湖
simp. #(五湖)		五	湖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔhú
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-hu²
    • Yale: Wǔ-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuhwu
    • Palladius: Уху (Uxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Yale: ńgh wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ wuː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nguX hu

Rime
Character	五	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	疑古切	戸吳切
Baxter	nguX	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5	wu4

Proper noun

五湖

1. (historical) Five Lakes (a name for the Lake Tai or Taihu County area)