松花江

Chinese

		pine pollen; century egg	river
trad. (松花江)		松花	江
simp. #(松花江)		松花	江

Etymology

松花 is a phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari), as in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula, “Songhua River”). The original meaning of sunggari may be “Milky Way”; cf. ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ
ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (sunggari bira, “Milky Way”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sōnghuā Jiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ faa¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sōnghuā Jiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Songhua Jiang
    • Wade–Giles: Sung¹-hua¹ Chiang¹
    • Yale: Sūng-hwā Jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Songhua Jiang
    • Palladius: Сунхуа Цзян (Sunxua Czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ faa¹ gong¹
    • Yale: chùhng fā gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ faa¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ fa¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

松花江

1. Songhua River (a river in northeastern China)

Derived terms

• 第二松花江 (Dì'èr Sōnghuā Jiāng)