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上校

上校

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare
simp. and trad. (上校)		上	校

Noun

上校

high ranking officer in Chinese army
colonel

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shàngxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gaau³
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-kàu / siāng-kàu / siōng-hāu / siāng-hāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ gaau³
  - Yale: seuhng gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gaau³
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kɑːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kaʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-kàu
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkaux
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ kaʊ²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnghau
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ haʊ³³/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnghau
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ haʊ³³/