五原

Chinese

		five	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad. (五原)		五	原

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ jyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔyuán
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-yüan²
  - Yale: Wǔ-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuyuan
  - Palladius: Уюань (Ujuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ jyun⁴
  - Yale: ńgh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ jyːn²¹/

Proper noun

五原

(～縣) Wuyuan County, Bayan Nur, Inner Mongolia
- 秋七月，有虹見於玉堂；五原山岸，盡皆崩裂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  秋七月，有虹见于玉堂；五原山岸，尽皆崩裂。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Qiū qī yuè, yǒu hóng jiàn yú yùtáng; Wǔyuán shān àn, jìn jiē bēngliè. [Pinyin]
  In autumn during the seventh lunar month, a rainbow was seen in the imperial palace; in the side of a mountain in Wuyuan, a huge rift was created (as the result of an earthquake).