羅省

See also: 罗省

Chinese

		phonetic	province
trad. (羅省)		羅	省
simp. (罗省)		罗	省
alternative forms		羅生／罗生 obsolete

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Los Angeles.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably actually shortened from 羅省枝利”)

Compare Japanese 羅府 (Rafu, “Los Angeles”) and Korean 나성(羅城) (Naseong, “Los Angeles”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Luóshěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lo⁴ saang²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lo³ sang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luóshěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luóshěng
    • Wade–Giles: Lo²-shêng³
    • Yale: Lwó-shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luosheeng
    • Palladius: Лошэн (Lošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ saang²
    • Yale: lòh sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ saːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lo³ sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lᵘɔ²² saŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

羅省

1. (dated) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

Synonyms

• (dated) 羅省枝利／罗省枝利 (Luóshěngzhīlì)

Dialectal synonyms of 洛杉磯 (“Los Angeles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	洛杉磯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	洛杉磯, LA, 羅省 dated
	Taishan	羅省
	Kaiping (Chikan)	羅省