枝江

Chinese

		branch; (a measure word)	river
simp. and trad. (枝江)		枝	江

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhījiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhījiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhihjiang
    • Wade–Giles: Chih¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: Jr̄-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyjiang
    • Palladius: Чжицзян (Čžiczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ gong¹
    • Yale: jī gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

枝江

1. (～市) Zhijiang (a county-level city in Yichang, Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Chih-chiang, Zhijiang