宜昌

Chinese

		proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate	prosperous; flourish
simp. and trad. (宜昌)		宜	昌

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 宜昌 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 宜昌 (Cantonese)
• Ngì-chiŏng (Eastern Min)
• Gî-chhiong-chhī (Southern Min)
• 宜昌 (Wu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yíchāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ coeng¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ngì-chiŏng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Gî-chhiong
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-tshaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yíchāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yíchang
    • Wade–Giles: I²-chʻang¹
    • Yale: Yí-chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yichang
    • Palladius: Ичан (Ičan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ coeng¹
    • Yale: yìh chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngì-chiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gî-chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: Gî-tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gichiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-tshaon
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 tshaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-tshaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² t͡sʰɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

宜昌

1. (～市) Yichang (a prefecture-level city of Hubei, China)

Derived terms

• 宜昌橙 (Yíchāngchéng)

Descendants

• → English: Yichang, Ichang, I-ch'ang

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宜	昌
ぎ Grade: S	しょう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 宜昌 (Yíchāng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎしょー [gìshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

宜(ぎ)昌(しょう) • (Gishō) 

1. Yichang (a city in Hubei, China)