上越

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	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more
simp. and trad. (上越)		上	越

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 上越 (Jōetsu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shàngyuè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngyuè
  - Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-yüeh⁴
  - Yale: Shàng-ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqyueh
  - Palladius: Шанъюэ (Šanʺjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹/

Proper noun

上越

(～市) Jōetsu (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	越
じょう Grade: 1	えつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːe̞t͡sɨ]

Etymology 1

上(じょう) (Jō, Clipping of 上野 (“Kōzuke Province”)) + 越(えつ) (Etsu, Clipping of 越後 (“Echigo Province”))

Proper noun

上(じょう)越(えつ) • (Jōetsu) ^{←じやうゑつ (Zyauwetu)^?}

(history) the Kōzuke Province and the Echigo Province in feudal system in Japan.
Jōetsu (a traditional region in eastern region in Japan, composed of the prefectures of Gunma and Niigata)

Derived terms

上(じょう)越(えつ)線(せん) (jōetsusen, “Jōetsu Line”)
上(じょう)越(えつ)新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (jōetsu shinkansen, “Jōetsu Shinkansen”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of 上越後 (Kami Echigo, “Upper Echigo”)

Proper noun

上(じょう)越(えつ) • (Jōetsu) ^{←じやうゑつ (Zyauwetu)^?}

(~地方) Jōetsu region (a traditional region of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
(~市) Jōetsu (a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) [1971–]
Synonym: 上越市 (~ shi)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲiko̞ɕi]

Proper noun

上越(かみこし) • (Kamikoshi)

a place name in Kamikawa town, Hokkaido, Japan.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟e̞ɡo̞ɕi]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟e̞ko̞ɕi]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲiko̞ɕi]

Proper noun

上越(うえごし) or 上越(うえこし) or 上越(かみこし) • (Uegoshi or Uekoshi or Kamikoshi)

a surname ^[1]

References

^ 「上越」という名字（苗字）の読み方は？レア度や由来など基本情報まとめ - ネムディク (in Japanese)