蕭梁

Chinese

		mournful	beam of roof; bridge
trad. (蕭梁)		蕭	梁
simp. (萧梁)		萧	梁

Etymology

So named because the Liang royal family was surnamed 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiāoliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāoliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siaoliáng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao¹-liang²
    • Yale: Syāu-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiauliang
    • Palladius: Сяолян (Sjaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ loeng⁴
    • Yale: sīu lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

蕭梁

1. Alternative name for 梁朝 (Liángcháo, “Liang dynasty”).