蕪湖

See also: 芜湖

Chinese

		overgrown with weeds	lake
trad. (蕪湖)		蕪	湖
simp. (芜湖)		芜	湖

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wúhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ wu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ù-hù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bû-ô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wúhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúhú
    • Wade–Giles: Wu²-hu²
    • Yale: Wú-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuhwu
    • Palladius: Уху (Uxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ wu⁴
    • Yale: mòuh wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ wu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ wu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ wuː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ù-hù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)u⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bû-ô͘
    • Tâi-lô: Bû-ôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'oo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mju hu

Rime
Character	蕪	湖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武夫切	戸吳切
Baxter	mju	hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/ɦuo/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/ɦuo/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/ɣo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/ɦɔ/
Li Rong	/mio/	/ɣo/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/ɣu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/ɣuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	hú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	wu4

Proper noun

蕪湖

1. (～市) Wuhu (a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China)

Descendants

• → English: Wuhu

Interjection

蕪湖

1. (Mandarin, Internet slang) woohoo

See also

• 嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū)