高雄

Chinese

		high; tall	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (高雄)		高	雄
alternative forms		髙雄

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoxióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosyóng
  - Wade–Giles: Kao¹-hsiung²
  - Yale: Gāu-syúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
  - Palladius: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ hung⁴
  - Yale: gōu hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ giung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ giung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gau¹ hiung²
  - Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiʊŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁵⁵ ^(h-)yŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông
  - Tâi-lô: Ko-hiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

高雄

(～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
(～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
(～縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)
(～山) Mount Takao in Kyoto

Alternative spelling
高尾

From earlier 高(たか)尾(お) (takao), in which 尾 is short for 尾根(おね) (one), thus literally “high mountain ridge”.

高(たか)雄(お) • (Takao) ^{←たかを (Takawo)^?}

From Hokkien 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.

高(たか)雄(お) or 高雄(タカオ) • (Takao) ^{←たかを (Takawo)^?}

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高	雄

高雄