光州

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (光州)		光	州
simp. #(光州)		光	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guāngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guāngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guangjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Kuang¹-chou¹
    • Yale: Gwāng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guangjou
    • Palladius: Гуанчжоу (Guančžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ zau¹
    • Yale: gwōng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

光州

1. (～廣域市, ～市) Gwangju (a metropolitan city of South Korea)
2. (historical) Guangzhou (a historical prefecture of China, whose capital was located in present-day Huangchuan county, Henan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	州

Proper noun

光州 • (Gwangju) (hangeul 광주)

1. Hanja form^? of 광주 (“Gwangju, South Korea”).