廣陵
See also: 广陵
Chinese
| expansive wide broad |
tomb(s) (burial) mound(s) hill(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (廣陵) | 廣 | 陵 | |
| simp. (广陵) | 广 | 陵 | |
Etymology
Established as a dowry town under Chu in 319 BC, renaming a district and settlement conquered from Yue.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎnglíng
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎnglíng
- Wade–Giles: Kuang3-ling2
- Yale: Gwǎng-líng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangling
- Palladius: Гуанлин (Guanlin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwong2 ling4
- Yale: gwóng lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwong2 ling4
- Guangdong Romanization: guong2 ling4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
廣陵
- (history) (～郡, formerly ～國) Guangling (a former commandery of imperial China that existed between 121 BCE and 583 CE, corresponding to the modern-day prefecture-level city of Yangzhou)
- (history) (～縣) Guangling (a settlement established by King Huai of Chu in 319 BCE, and a former county of imperial China that existed between the Qin dynasty and 598 CE, corresponding to modern-day Yangzhou)
- (～區) Guangling (a district of Yangzhou, China)
Synonyms
References
- Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 69, note 11 (in Mandarin), →ISBN