鴻溝

Chinese

		eastern bean goose; great; large	ditch; gutter
trad. (鴻溝)		鴻	溝
simp. (鸿沟)		鸿	沟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hónggōu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ kau¹
Min Nan (POJ): hông-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hónggōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornggou
  - IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ kau¹
  - Yale: hùhng kāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ kau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ keo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-kau
  - Tâi-lô: hông-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongkaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ kaʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

鴻溝

(figuratively) chasm; divide; gap

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

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