亳州

Chinese

		name of district in Anhui; capital of Yin	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (亳州)		亳	州
simp. #(亳州)		亳	州

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bózhōu, Bòzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄡ, ㄅㄛˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ zau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Bŏk-ciŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Po̍k-chiu
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸boq-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bózhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bójhou
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chou¹
    • Yale: bwó-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borjou
    • Palladius: бочжоу (bočžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bòzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bòjhou
    • Wade–Giles: po⁴-chou¹
    • Yale: bwò-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bohjou
    • Palladius: бочжоу (bočžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ zau¹
    • Yale: bok jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Bŏk-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pouʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Po̍k-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Po̍k-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siu⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸boq-tseu
    • MiniDict: boh^入 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵boq-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /boʔ¹¹ t͡sɤ²³/

Proper noun

亳州

1. (～市) Bozhou (a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China)

Usage notes

Often mispronounced as Háozhōu due to visual confusion of the first character 亳 (Bó) with 毫 (háo).

Descendants

• → English: Bozhou, Po-chou

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亳	州
はく Hyōgaiji	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

亳(はく)州(しゅう) • (Hakushū) 

1. Bozhou (a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China)