揚子江

See also: 扬子江

Chinese

		Yangzi	river
trad. (揚子江)		揚子	江
simp. (扬子江)		扬子	江

Etymology

From 揚子／扬子 (Yángzǐ) (for "Yangzhou" directly or for a nearby ferry named "Yangzi") + 江 (jiāng, “(major) river”). Its false etymology as "Son of the Ocean" stems from the homophonic misnomer 洋子江.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yángzǐ Jiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zi² gong¹
Min Dong (BUC): Iòng-cṳ̄-gĕ̤ng
Min Nan (POJ): Iông-chú Kang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yángzǐ Jiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangtzyy Jiang
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ zi² gong¹
  - Yale: yèuhng jí gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzi² gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ji² gong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Iòng-cṳ̄-gĕ̤ng
  - IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)øyŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iông-chú Kang
  - Tâi-lô: Iông-tsú Kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongzuo kafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

揚子江

(obsolete) the stretch of the Yangtze River between its mouth and Nanjing, near the formerly-important port of Yangzhou
Yangtze River

Usage notes

In Chinese, the name 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng) is overwhelmingly more common. To the extent 揚子江 is employed in modern usage, it is typically translating names or phrases from foreign languages, where variations on it became standard for the entire river.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揚子江):

→ Japanese: 揚 (よう)子 (す)江 (こう) (Yōsukō)

→ English: Yangtze (calque)
→ German: Jangtsekiang
→ Korean: 양쯔강 (Yangjjeugang)
→ Portuguese: rio Yangtzé (calque)
→ Russian: Янцзы́ (Janczý)
→ Spanish: río Yangtsé (calque)
→ Vietnamese: sông Dương Tử (calque)

References

Yangtze River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
長江 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 15, page 193, note 13 (in Mandarin), →ISBN

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揚	子	江
よう Grade: S	す Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi	tōon	on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 揚子江

Proper noun

揚子江 (hiragana ようすこう, rōmaji Yōsukō)

Synonym of 長江 (Chōkō, “Yangtze River”)

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