黃岡

See also: 黄冈

Chinese

		yellow	ridge; mound
trad. (黃岡)		黃	岡
simp. (黄冈)		黄	冈

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huánggāng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ gong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon-kaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huánggāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huánggang
  - Wade–Giles: Huang²-kang¹
  - Yale: Hwáng-gāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwanggang
  - Palladius: Хуанган (Xuangan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ gong¹
  - Yale: wòhng gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶waon-kaon
  - MiniDict: waon^去 kaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-kaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² kɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

黃岡

(～市) Huanggang (a prefecture-level city of Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Huanggang (a town in Raoping, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China)

Descendants

→ English: Huanggang, Huang-kang, Hwangkang