瓊崖

Chinese

		(red stone); beautiful	precipice
trad. (瓊崖)		瓊	崖
simp. (琼崖)		琼	崖

Etymology

From 瓊州／琼州 (Qióngzhōu) + 崖州 (Yázhōu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qióngyá, Qióngyái

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ, ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ ngaai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qióngyá
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cyóngyá
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻiung²-ya²
  - Yale: Chyúng-yá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyongya
  - Palladius: Цюнъя (Cjunʺja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qióngyái
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cyóngyái
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻiung²-yai²
  - Yale: Chyúng-yái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyongyai
  - Palladius: Цюнъяй (Cjunʺjaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: king⁴ ngaai⁴
  - Yale: kìhng ngàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ ngaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ ngai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ ŋaːi̯²¹/

Proper noun

瓊崖

(history) (～道) Qiongya (a circuit of Guangdong, China that administered the island of Hainan between 1912 and 1921 in the Republic of China period); (literary) Hainan