廣島

See also: 広島 and 广岛

Chinese

		wide; numerous; to spread	island
trad. (廣島)		廣	島
simp. (广岛)		广	岛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 広島(ひろしま) (Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Guǎngdǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong² dou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kóng-tó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngdǎo [Phonetic: guángdǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎngdǎo
  - Wade–Giles: Kuang³-tao³
  - Yale: Gwǎng-dǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangdao
  - Palladius: Гуандао (Guandao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong² dou²
  - Yale: gwóng dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong² dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong² dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kóng-tó
  - Tâi-lô: Kóng-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofngdoir
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴¹/

Proper noun

廣島

(～縣) Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan)
(～市) Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廣	島
ひろ Jinmeiyō	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 廣島 – see the following entry.

【広島ひろしま】

[proper noun] Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan)

[proper noun] Hiroshima (an island of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)

(This term, 廣島, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)