高松

Chinese

		high; tall	pine
trad. (高松)		高	松
simp. ^#(高松)		高	松

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高松 (たかまつ, Takamatsu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gāosōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄙㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gāosōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄙㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosong
  - Wade–Giles: Kao¹-sung¹
  - Yale: Gāu-sūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gausong
  - Palladius: Гаосун (Gaosun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: gōu chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

高松

Takamatsu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	松
たか Grade: 2	まつ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たかまつ [tàkáꜜmàtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ma̠t͡sɨ]

Proper noun

高(たか)松(まつ) • (Takamatsu)

Takamatsu (a city, the capital of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)
a surname

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN