溫哥華

See also: 温哥华

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (溫哥華/温哥華)		溫/温	哥	華
simp. (温哥华)		温	哥	华

Etymology

Borrowed from English Vancouver.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēngēhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄍㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wan¹ go¹ waa⁴ / wan¹ go¹ waa^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): vun¹ go² va³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wēngēhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄍㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wungehuá
    • Wade–Giles: Wên¹-ko¹-hua²
    • Yale: Wēn-gē-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uengehwa
    • Palladius: Вэньгэхуа (Vɛnʹgɛxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ go¹ waa⁴ / wan¹ go¹ waa^4-2
    • Yale: wān gō wàh / wān gō wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ go¹ waa⁴ / wan¹ go¹ waa^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ go¹ wa⁴ / wen¹ go¹ wa^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹/, /wɐn⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵ waː²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: vun¹ go² va³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vun³³ kᵘɔ⁵⁵ va²²/

Proper noun

溫哥華

1. (～市) Vancouver (a seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada)

   Synonyms: (dated) 鹹水埠／咸水埠 (Xiánshuǐbù), (obsolete) 雲高華／云高华 (Yúngāohuá), (obsolete) 雲哥華／云哥华 (Yúngēhuá), (obsolete, shortening) 雲埠／云埠 (Yúnbù), (obsolete) 晚香坡 (Wǎnxiāngpō)

   • 1904, Liang Qichao, 新大陸遊記 [Travel Notes of the New Continent], 廣智書局, published 1907, page 6:

     其鐵路之車站，輪船之碼頭，皆以溫哥華為終點，故溫哥華驟盛。哥侖比亞省本以域多利為首府，今則勢力全趨於溫哥華矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其铁路之车站，轮船之码头，皆以温哥华为终点，故温哥华骤盛。哥仑比亚省本以域多利为首府，今则势力全趋于温哥华矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Qí tiělù zhī chēzhàn, lúnchuán zhī mǎtóu, jiē yǐ Wēngēhuá wéi zhōngdiǎn, gù Wēngēhuá zhòu shèng. Gēlúnbǐyà shěng běn yǐ Yùduōlì wéi shǒufǔ, jīn zé shìlì quán qū yú Wēngēhuá yǐ. [Pinyin]

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2. (～市) Vancouver (a city, the county seat of Clark County, Washington, United States)

Derived terms

• 大溫哥華／大温哥华 (Dà Wēngēhuá)
• 溫哥華島／温哥华岛 (Wēngēhuá Dǎo)