貴州

See also: 贵州

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (貴州)		貴	州
simp. (贵州)		贵	州

Etymology

Corruption of earlier 矩州 (Jǔzhōu); used since Song dynasty.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guìzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ zau¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Kui-chû

(Hailu, HRS): gui^ˇ zhiu^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): gui⁴ zu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): Gói-ciŭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui⁴ ziu¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Kùi-chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ ziu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kue-tseu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guìzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guèijhou
  - Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-chou¹
  - Yale: Gwèi-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueyjou
  - Palladius: Гуйчжоу (Gujčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ zau¹
  - Yale: gwai jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kui-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡su²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui^ˇ zhiu^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kui¹¹ t͡ʃiu⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gui⁴ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Gói-ciŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui⁴ ziu¹ [Phonetic: gui¹ liu¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Gu̍i-ciu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)liu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gui⁴ ziu¹ [Phonetic: gui¹ liu¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)liu⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kùi-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Kuì-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuieciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gui³ ziu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi tsiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siu³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kue-tseu
  - MiniDict: kue^去 tseu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kue-tseu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue³³ t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

貴州

(～省) Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)
貴州的別稱是黔。 [MSC, trad.]
贵州的别称是黔。 [MSC, simp.]
Guìzhōu de biéchēng shì Qián. [Pinyin]
Another name for Guizhou is Qian.

Descendants

→ English: Guizhou
→ Manchu: ᡤᡠᡳ
ᠵᡝᠣ (gui jeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	州
き Grade: 6	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

貴(き)州(しゅう) • (Kishū)

Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
貴	州

Proper noun

貴州 • (Gwiju) (hangeul 귀주)

hanja form^? of 귀주 : Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
貴	州

Proper noun

貴州

chữ Hán form of Quý Châu: Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)