温州

See also: 溫州

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 温州 – see 溫州. (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫州).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
温	州
おん Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
溫州 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 溫州 / 温州 (Wēnzhōu), read with Sino-Xenic pronunciation. Could hence be considered an orthographic borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おんしゅう [óꜜǹshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃ɕɨː]

Proper noun

温(おん)州(しゅう) • (Onshū) ^{←をんしう (Wonsiu)^?}

Wenzhou (a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
温	州
うん Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 3
tōon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
溫州 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 溫州 / 温州 (Wēnzhōu), with the reading for the first character replaced with the tō-on reading, a more comparatively modern borrowing from Chinese.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うんしゅう [úꜜǹshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ɰ̃ɕɨː]

Proper noun

温(うん)州(しゅう) • (Unshū) ^{←うんしう (Unsiu)^?}

Wenzhou (a prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China)

Derived terms

温(うん)州(しゅう)蜜(み)柑(かん) (Unshū mikan)

References

“^△温州”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026