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廣島

廣島

See also: 広島 and 广岛

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	island
trad. (廣島)		廣	島
simp. (广岛)		广	岛

Proper noun

廣島

(～縣) Hiroshima (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Hiroshima (capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 広島 (ひろしま) ‎(Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Guǎngdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² dou²
Min Nan (POJ): Kóng-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Guǎngdǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangdao
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong² dou²
  - Yale: gwóng dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kóng-tó
  - Tâi-lô: Kóng-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/