廣東
See also: 广东
Chinese
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
Named after Guangnan East Circuit (廣南東路/广南东路) of the Song dynasty, which was abbreviated as Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
廣東
- (~省) Guangdong (a province of China; capital: Guangzhou)
- 自秦世有五嶺之說,皆指山名之。考之,乃入嶺之途五耳,非必山也。自福建之汀,入廣東之循、梅,一也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhou Qufei, Representative Answers from the Region beyond the Mountains, 12th century CE
- Zì Qín shì yǒu Wǔlǐng zhī shuō, jiē zhǐ shān míng zhī. Kǎo zhī, nǎi rù lǐng zhī tú wǔ ěr, fēi bì shān yě. Zì Fújiàn zhī Tīng, rù Guǎngdōng zhī Xún, Méi, yī yě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
自秦世有五岭之说,皆指山名之。考之,乃入岭之途五耳,非必山也。自福建之汀,入广东之循、梅,一也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (廣東):
- → Japanese: 広東 (Kōtō)
- → Okinawan: 広東 (Kwantun)
- → Korean: 광동(廣東) (Gwangdong)
- → Vietnamese: Quảng Đông (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))
Others:
- → English: Guangdong, Kwangtung
- → French: Guangdong, Kouang-tong
- → Korean: 광둥 (Gwangdung)
- → Manchu: ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ (guwangdung)
- → Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠸᠠᠩᠳᠦᠩ (ɣuwaŋdüŋ)
- → Portuguese: Cantão
- → Russian: Гуанду́н (Guandún)
- → Thai: กวางตุ้ง (gwaang-dtûng)
- → Zhuang: Guengjdoeng, Gvangjdungh
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