鄭州

See also: 郑州

Chinese

		surname	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (鄭州)		鄭	州
simp. (郑州)		郑	州

Etymology

Renamed from 滎州／荥州 in 583.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhèngzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng⁶ zau¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Chhang-chû

(Hailu, HRS): chang^˖ zhiu^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): cang⁴ zu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): Dâng-ciŭ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): da⁵ ziu¹ / dann⁵ ziu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tīⁿ-chiu / Tēⁿ-chiu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-tseu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhèngzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhèngjhou
  - Wade–Giles: Chêng⁴-chou¹
  - Yale: Jèng-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jenqjou
  - Palladius: Чжэнчжоу (Čžɛnčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeng⁶ zau¹
  - Yale: jehng jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng⁶ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zéng⁶ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ²² t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhang-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: cang zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cang⁴ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵ t͡su²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chang^˖ zhiu^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰaŋ³³ t͡ʃiu⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cang⁴ zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaŋ⁵³ t͡su⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dâng-ciŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: da⁵ ziu¹ [Phonetic: da⁵ liu¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Dāⁿ-ciu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta¹¹ ^(t͡s-)liu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dann⁵ ziu¹ [Phonetic: dann⁵ niu¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tã²¹ ^(t͡s-)niu⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Tīnn-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvixciw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Tēnn-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvexciw
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɛ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-tseu
  - MiniDict: zen^去 tseu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-tseu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

鄭州

(～市) Zhengzhou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Henan, in central China)

Descendants

English: Cheng-chou, Chengchow, Zhengzhou

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鄭	州
てい Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Proper noun

鄭(てい)州(しゅう) • (Teishū)

Zhengzhou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Henan, in central China)