蘇州

See also: 苏州

Chinese

		(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet	islet; province, prefecture
trad. (蘇州)		蘇	州
simp. (苏州)		苏	州

Etymology

Named after 姑蘇山／姑苏山 (“Mount Gusu”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sūzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄓㄡ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou¹ zau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹ ziu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Sû-chû

(Meixian, Guangdong): su¹ zu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): So͘-chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): sou¹ ziu¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹su-tseu / ¹sou-tseu₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sūzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sujhou
  - Wade–Giles: Su¹-chou¹
  - Yale: Sū-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sujou
  - Palladius: Сучжоу (Sučžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou¹ zau¹
  - Yale: sōu jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹ ziu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³ t͡siu³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sû-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su¹ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Soo-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sociw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ t͡siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sou¹ ziu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sou tsiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou³³⁻²³ t͡siu³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹su-tseu
  - MiniDict: su^平 tseu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹su-tseu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su⁵⁵ t͡sɤ²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹sou-tseu₁
  - MiniDict: sou^平 tseu^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /səu⁴⁴ t͡søy/

Proper noun

蘇州

(～市) Suzhou (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China)
(historical) Su (a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city)

Synonyms

(province): 吳郡／吴郡 (Wú Jùn)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蘇州):

→ Japanese: 蘇(そ)州(しゅう) (soshū)
→ Vietnamese: Tô Châu (蘇州)

Others:

→ English: Suzhou, Su-chou, Soochow, Suchow, Suchou (obsolete)
→ Georgian: სუჭოუ (suč̣ou)
→ Lao: ຊູໂຈ (sū chō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘇	州
そ Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

蘇(そ)州(しゅう) • (Soshū)

Suzhou (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蘇	州

Proper noun

蘇州 • (Soju) (hangeul 소주)

hanja form^? of 소주 (“Suzhou”)