餘姚

See also: 余姚

Chinese

		remainder	surname
trad. (餘姚)		餘	姚
simp. (余姚)		余	姚

Etymology

餘 (OC *la) is thought to be the same as the first syllable in 餘杭, and may be derived from a Kra-Dai substrate word. See 餘杭 for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yúyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yúyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yúyáo
  - Wade–Giles: Yü²-yao²
  - Yale: Yú-yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuyau
  - Palladius: Юйяо (Jujjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jiu⁴
  - Yale: yùh yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

Proper noun

餘姚

(～市) Yuyao (a county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
(～村) Yuyao (a village in Zhucheng, Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

References

餘姚市 / 余姚市 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Yuyao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia