華州

See also: 华州

Chinese

		flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (華州)		華	州
simp. (华州)		华	州

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huázhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huázhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huájhou
  - Wade–Giles: Hua²-chou¹
  - Yale: Hwá-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwajou
  - Palladius: Хуачжоу (Xuačžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁶ zau¹
  - Yale: wah jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

華州

short for 華盛頓州／华盛顿州 (Huáshèngdùn Zhōu, “Washington State, USA”)

Synonyms

華盛頓／华盛顿 (Huáshèngdùn)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huàzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huàzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huàjhou
  - Wade–Giles: Hua⁴-chou¹
  - Yale: Hwà-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huahjou
  - Palladius: Хуачжоу (Xuačžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

華州

(～區) Huazhou (a district of Weinan, Shaanxi, China)
(～街道, formerly ～鎮) Huazhou (a subdistrict of Huazhou district, Weinan, Shaanxi, China, formerly a town)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	州
か Grade: S	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Apparently an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 華州／华州 (Huázhōu), Cantonese 華州／华州 (waa6 zau1).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕɨː]

Proper noun

華(か)州(しゅう) • (Kashū) ^{←くわしう (Kwasiu)^?}

(historical) Washington (a state of the United States)

Synonyms

ワシントン州(しゅう) (Washinton-shū)