酒泉

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	fountain; spring
trad. (酒泉)		酒	泉
simp. ^#(酒泉)		酒	泉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔquán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² cyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒucyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chiu³-chʻüan²
  - Yale: jyǒu-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchyuan
  - Palladius: цзюцюань (czjucjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² cyun⁴
  - Yale: jáu chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² tsyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² qun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: tsjuwX dzjwen

Rime
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子酉切	疾緣切
Baxter	tsjuwX	dzjwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨu^X/	/d͡ziuᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siu^X/	/d͡zʷiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəu^X/	/d͡zjuæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suw^X/	/d͡zwian/
Li Rong	/t͡siu^X/	/d͡ziuɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəu^X/	/d͡zĭwɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯u^X/	/d͡zʱi̯wɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	quán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau²	cyun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsuʔ s-N-ɢʷar/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsluʔ sɡʷen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǔ	quán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjuw^X ›	‹ dzjwen ›
Old Chinese	/*tsuʔ/	/*s-N-ɢʷar/ (MC I!)
English	wine	spring, source
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酒	泉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15554	10728
Phonetic component	酉	泉
Rime group	幽	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	酒	全
Old Chinese	/*ʔsluʔ/	/*sɡʷen/

Noun

酒泉

(literary, figuratively) fountain of liquor
- 都將今古無窮事，
  放在愁邊。
  放在愁邊，
  卻自移家向酒泉。 [Ci, trad.]
  都将今古无穷事，
  放在愁边。
  放在愁边，
  却自移家向酒泉。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. 1200?, Xin Qiji,《醜奴兒·近來愁似天來大》, translated by Chu Dagao
  Dōu jiāng jīngǔ wúqióng shì,
  Fàng zài chóu biān.
  Fàng zài chóu biān,
  Què zì yí jiā xiàng jiǔquán. [Pinyin]
  All the world's affairs both old and new
  I leave to the care of sorrow;
  Leaving everything to sorrow,
  I move and make my abode at the Fountain of Wine.

Proper noun

酒泉

(～市) Jiuquan (a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China)
(historical) (～郡) Jiuquan (an ancient commandery in modern Gansu, China)