梅縣
See also: 梅县
Chinese
| plum flower | a district; county | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (梅縣) | 梅 | 縣 | |
| simp. (梅县) | 梅 | 县 | |
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why 梅? Since which dynasty?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mui4 jyun6 / mui4 jyun6-2
- Hakka
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê5 guin7
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6me-yoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Méi Xiàn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Méi Siàn
- Wade–Giles: Mei2 Hsien4
- Yale: Méi Syàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mei Shiann
- Palladius: Мэй Сянь (Mɛj Sjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui4 jyun6 / mui4 jyun6-2
- Yale: mùih yuhn / mùih yún
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 jyn6 / mui4 jyn6-2
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4 yun6 / mui4 yun6-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹ jyːn²²/, /muːi̯²¹ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mòi-yen
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ ien
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 yan4
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ i̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mòi-yan
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ (r)ian
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2 yan4
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ (j)i̯an⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: moi2 yan4
- Sinological IPA: /moɪ¹¹ ian⁵³/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhuê5 guin7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê kūiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kũĩ¹¹/
- (Teochew)
- Wu
Proper noun
梅縣
- Mei County, Meixian (a former county of Guangdong, China)
- (～區) Meixian (a district of Meizhou, Guangdong, China)