皇后區

Chinese

		empress, particularly an empress consort; the British Queen	area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname
trad. (皇后區)		皇后	區
simp. (皇后区)		皇后	区

Etymology

Semantic loan from English Queens with the addition of 區／区 to signify that it is a borough.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huánghòuqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hau⁶ keoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huánghòuqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huánghòucyu
    • Wade–Giles: Huang²-hou⁴-chʻü¹
    • Yale: Hwáng-hòu-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwanghowchiu
    • Palladius: Хуанхоуцюй (Xuanxoucjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ hau⁶ keoi¹
    • Yale: wòhng hauh kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ hau⁶ koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ heo⁶ kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ hɐu̯²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

皇后區

1. Queens (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) Queens (kwin1 si2)