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This document provides information about the Chinese term "江戶" in 3 sentences: It gives the etymology and pronunciation of "江戶" in various Chinese dialects, noting it comes from the Japanese word meaning "river mouth" and was formerly the name of Tokyo. Key details on the Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, and Wu pronunciations are listed. The entry also states that "江戶" was historically used as the name of Edo, the former name of Tokyo, and provides some derived terms related to the place name.

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See Also:: Etymology

This document provides information about the Chinese term "江戶" in 3 sentences: It gives the etymology and pronunciation of "江戶" in various Chinese dialects, noting it comes from the Japanese word meaning "river mouth" and was formerly the name of Tokyo. Key details on the Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, and Wu pronunciations are listed. The entry also states that "江戶" was historically used as the name of Edo, the former name of Tokyo, and provides some derived terms related to the place name.

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江戶

See also: 江戸 and 江⼾


Contents
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Derived terms

Chinese

a
Etymology household;
river
door;
えど
江⼾ (Edo).
family
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese
trad. 江⼾) 江
( ⼾
Pronunciation
simp. (江⼾) 江 ⼾
Mandarin

(Pinyin): Jiānghù
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong1 wu6
Min Nan (POJ): Kang-hō͘
Wu (Wiktionary): kaan hhu (T1)

Mandarin

(Standard Chinese)+

Pinyin: Jiānghù

Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianghuh
Tongyong Pinyin: Jianghù

Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹/


Cantonese

(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+

Jyutping: gong1 wu6


Yale: gōng wuh
Cantonese Pinyin: gong1 wu6
Guangdong Romanization: gong1 wu6
Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ wuː²²/
Min Nan
(Hokkien)

Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang-hō͘
Tâi-lô: Kang-hōo
Phofsit Daibuun: kangho

IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/


IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ hɔ⁴¹/
IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/
Wu
(Shanghainese)

Wiktionary: kaan hhu (T1)


Sinological IPA (key): /kɑ̃ ⁵⁵ ɦv̩ʷ²¹/

Proper noun

江戶
1. (historical) Edo (former name of Tokyo)

Derived terms

江戶川∕江⼾川 (Jiānghùchuān) 江戶幕府∕江⼾幕府 (Jiānghù Mùfǔ)


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