昌吉

Chinese

		prosperous; flourish	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (昌吉)		昌	吉

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠴᠠᠩᡤᡳ (canggi), from Mongolian ᠴᠠᠩᠭᠢ (čangɣi), from Written Oirat ᡔᠠᡊᡎᡅ (canggi).

Also possibly the same city as the one named 彰八里 (Zhāngbālǐ) in the History of Yuan [14^th c. CE], and جَنْبَلِقْ‎ (janbaliq) in Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk [11^th c. CE]. The second component of that name was evidently related to Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰶‎ (balïq, “town, city”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chāngjí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ gat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Chāngjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤㄐㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Changjyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng¹ gat¹
  - Yale: chēung gāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ gat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ ged¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵/

Proper noun

昌吉

(～市) Changji (city in Xinjiang, China)
(～回族自治州, ～州) Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture

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