長江

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Chinese

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long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
river
trad. (長江)
simp. (长江)
Literally: “long river”.
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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial () (11) (28)
Final () (105) (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter drjang kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨɐŋ/ /kˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiɐŋ/ /kᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiɑŋ/ /kɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨaŋ/ /kaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȡiaŋ/ /kɔŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭaŋ/ /kɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯aŋ/ /kɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cháng jiāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng4 gong1

Proper noun

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長江

  1. Yangtze River
  2. () Changjiang Creek, the upper course of the Jin River (錦江锦江 (Jǐnjiāng)) in Jiangxi
  3. (社區) Changjiang (a community of Guanshan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

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  • (jiāng) (ancient, literary, or abbreviated)
  • 揚子江扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) (originally only in reference to the lower reaches)
  • 大江 (dàjiāng) (literary)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Manchu: ᡤᠣᠯᠮᡳᠨ
    ᡠᠯᠠ
    (golmin ula) (calque)

See also

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Chinese 長江长江 (Cháng Jiāng, literally long river).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちょう)(こう) (chōkōちやうかう (tyaukau)?

  1. (literal) a long river

Proper noun

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 長江 on Japanese Wikipedia

(ちょう)(こう) (Chōkōちやうかう (Tyaukau)?

  1. the Yangtze River
    Synonym: 揚子江 (Yōsukō)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(なが)() (Nagae

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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長江 (Janggang) (hangeul 장강)

  1. hanja form? of 장강 (Yangtze River)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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長江

  1. chữ Hán form of Trường Giang (Yangtze River).