阿蘇

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (阿蘇)		阿	蘇
simp. (阿苏)		阿	苏

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 阿蘇 (Aso).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āsū

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄙㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āsū
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Asu
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-su¹
    • Yale: Ā-sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Asu
    • Palladius: Асу (Asu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿蘇

1. (～市) Aso (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	蘇
あ Jinmeiyō	そ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠so̞]

Proper noun

阿(あ)蘇(そ) • (Aso) 

1. Aso (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)