許昌

See also: 许昌

Chinese

		to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname	prosperous; flourish
trad. (許昌)		許	昌
simp. (许昌)		许	昌

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xǔchāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi² coeng¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Hṳ̄-chiŏng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hí-chhiong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiu-tshaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xǔchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syǔchang
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü³-chʻang¹
    • Yale: Syǔ-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheuchang
    • Palladius: Сюйчан (Sjujčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi² coeng¹
    • Yale: héui chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey² tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu² cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hṳ̄-chiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hy³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hí-chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: Hí-tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hychiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiu-tshaon
    • MiniDict: shiu^去 tshaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xy-tshaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕy³³ t͡sʰɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

許昌

1. (～市) Xuchang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)

Descendants

• → English: Hsu-ch'ang, Hsü-ch'ang, Xuchang

Japanese

Kanji in this term
許	昌
きょ Grade: 5	しょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Proper noun

許(きょ)昌(しょう) • (Kyoshō) 

1. Xuchang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)