閩侯

See also: 闽侯

Chinese

		Fujian Province (abbrev.); Min	marquis
trad. (閩侯)		閩	侯
simp. (闽侯)		闽	侯

Etymology

From 閩／闽 (Mǐn) + 侯官, the names of the two counties that merged to form the Minhou county in 1912.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Mǐnhòu, Mínhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄡˋ, ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ hau⁴ / man⁴ hau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mén-hèu
Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-âu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang² gao² / mang² hieo²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bân-hô͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-gheu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǐnhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnhòu
  - Wade–Giles: min³-hou⁴
  - Yale: mǐn-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinhow
  - Palladius: миньхоу (minʹxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mínhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínhòu
  - Wade–Giles: min²-hou⁴
  - Yale: mín-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minhow
  - Palladius: миньхоу (minʹxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁵ hau⁴ / man⁴ hau⁴
  - Yale: máhn hàuh / màhn hàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ hau⁴ / man⁴ hau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ heo⁴ / men⁴ heo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ hɐu̯²¹/, /mɐn²¹ hɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mén-hèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: men^ˋ heu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: men³ heu²
  - Sinological IPA: /men³¹ heu̯¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-âu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋɑu²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gao² [Phonetic: mang⁵ gao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: máng-gáu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻¹¹ kau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² gao² [Phonetic: mang⁵ gao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kau²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² hieo² [Phonetic: mang⁵ hieo²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: máng-há̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³⁻¹¹ hieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: mang² hieo² [Phonetic: mang⁵ hieo²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²⁴⁻²¹ hieu²⁴/

Note: mang2 hieo2 - new-style.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: Bân-hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: banhoo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min-gheu₆
  - MiniDict: min^去 gheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-hheu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

閩侯

(～縣) Minhou (a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “闽侯”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 658.