鴻溝

Chinese

		wild goose wild geese	ditch(es) canal(s)
trad. (鴻溝)		鴻	溝
simp. (鸿沟)		鸿	沟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hónggōu, Hónggōu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ, ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ kau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-kau
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghon-keu₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hónggōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hónggou
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-kou¹
  - Yale: húng-gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornggou
  - Palladius: хунгоу (xungou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hónggōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hónggou
  - Wade–Giles: Hung²-kou¹
  - Yale: Húng-gōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hornggou
  - Palladius: Хунгоу (Xungou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ kau¹
  - Yale: hùhng kāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ kau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ keo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-kau
  - Tâi-lô: hông-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongkaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghon-keu₁
  - MiniDict: ghon^去 keu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhon-keu₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoŋ²² kɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

鴻溝

(figuratively) chasm; divide; gap
技術鴻溝／技术鸿沟 ― jìshù hónggōu ― technical divide

Proper noun

鴻溝

Honggou (canal in ancient China that divided the states of Chu and Han)

Derived terms

判若鴻溝 / 判若鸿沟