湄公

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (湄公)		湄	公
simp. #(湄公)		湄	公

Etymology

From some Southeast Asian language; compare Thai แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong), Khmer មេគង្គ (mei kong). The second syllable, written as 公, is ultimately related to 江 (OC *kroːŋ, “Yangtze; river”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Méigōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Méigōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Méigong
    • Wade–Giles: Mei²-kung¹
    • Yale: Méi-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Meigong
    • Palladius: Мэйгун (Mɛjgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: mèih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

湄公

1. (～河) (usually attributive) Mekong

   湄公流域  ―  Méigōng liúyù  ―  Mekong River basin

   湄公地區／湄公地区  ―  Méigōng dìqū  ―  Greater Mekong Subregion

Derived terms

• 湄公魚／湄公鱼