雷州

Chinese

		thunder	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (雷州)		雷	州
simp. ^#(雷州)		雷	州

Etymology

Coined in 634 CE as 東合州 was renamed 雷州.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Léizhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ zau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lùi-chû
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Lûi-chiu

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lui⁵ jiu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-tseu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Léizhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Léijhou
  - Wade–Giles: Lei²-chou¹
  - Yale: Léi-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leijou
  - Palladius: Лэйчжоу (Lɛjčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: lèuih jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lùi-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: lui^ˇ zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lui² zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lûi-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Luî-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luiciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² t͡siu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: lui⁵ jiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lui²² t͡siu³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶le-tseu
  - MiniDict: le^去 tseu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-tseu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

雷州

(～市) Leizhou (a county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)

Synonyms

(former name) 海康 (Hǎikāng)

Derived terms

雷州半島 / 雷州半岛 (Léizhōu Bàndǎo)
雷州話 / 雷州话 (Léizhōuhuà)
雷州高涼薑 / 雷州高凉姜 (Léizhōu gāoliángjiāng)

Descendants

→ English: Leizhou, Luichow, Luichew
→ Georgian: ლეიჭოუ (leič̣ou)