See also: 余杭

Chinese edit

remainder surname; Hangzhou
trad. (餘杭)
simp. (余杭)
 
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Etymology edit

Probably an Old Chinese transcription of an original Baiyue name, but folk etymologized as deriving from (Yǔ Háng, “Yu's ferry”).

Li (1995) considers (OC *la) to be derived from a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Proto-Tai *rɤjᴮ (dry field), whence Zhuang reih and Thai ไร่ (râi). Alternatively, Zhengzhang (1990) suggests it may be derived from Proto-Kam-Sui *ra (field; farmland), whence Southern Kam jav (/⁠ja⁵⁠/), Sui qxgas (/⁠ʔɣa⁵⁠/), Maonan yras (/⁠ʔja⁵⁠/).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (33)
Final () (22) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter yo hang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨʌ/ /ɦɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɔ/ /ɦɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/iɔ/ /ɣɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨə̆/ /ɦaŋ/
Li
Rong
/iɔ/ /ɣɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/jĭo/ /ɣɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wo/ /ɣɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
háng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu4 hong4

Proper noun edit

餘杭

  1. (historical) () Yuhang (a former county of Zhejiang, China)
  2. () Yuhang (a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)