皇后區

Chinese

		empress, particularly an empress consort; the British Queen	area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname
trad. (皇后區)		皇后	區
simp. (皇后区)		皇后	区

Etymology

Semantic loan from English Queens with the addition of 區／区 to signify that it is a borough.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huánghòuqū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ hau⁶ keoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Huánghòuqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Huánghòucyu
  - Wade–Giles: Huang²-hou⁴-chʻü¹
  - Yale: Hwáng-hòu-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwanghowchiu
  - Palladius: Хуанхоуцюй (Xuanxoucjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ hau⁶ keoi¹
  - Yale: wòhng hauh kēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ hau⁶ koey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ heo⁶ kêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ hɐu̯²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

皇后區

Queens (a borough of New York City, New York, United States)

Synonyms

(Cantonese) Queens (kwin1 si2)

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