要衝

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	of great force; towards; dash against
trad. (要衝)		要	衝
simp. (要冲)		要	冲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàochōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ cung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàochōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàochong
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-chʻung¹
    • Yale: yàu-chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawchong
    • Palladius: яочун (jaočun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ cung¹
    • Yale: yiu chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaochiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

要衝

1. strategic place; hub

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	衝
よう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーしょー [yòóshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

要(よう)衝(しょう) • (yōshō) ^{←えうしよう (eusyou)?}

1. important (major) place for conducting matters