高雄

Chinese

		high; tall	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (高雄)		高	雄
alternative forms		髙雄

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao) with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāoxióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ hung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Kô-kiùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau¹ hiung²

• Eastern Min (BUC): Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ko-hiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaosyóng
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-hsiung²
    • Yale: Gāu-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaushyong
    • Palladius: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ hung⁴
    • Yale: gōu hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-kiùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ giungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ giung²
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ ki̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau¹ hiung²
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiʊŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gŏ̤-hṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko⁵⁵ ^(h-)yŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông
    • Tâi-lô: Ko-hiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

高雄

1. (～市) Kaohsiung (special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan)
2. (～市) (historical) Kaohsiung City (former provincial city, now part of the special municipality)
3. (～縣) (historical) Kaohsiung County (former county, now part of the special municipality)
4. (～山) Mount Takao in Kyoto

Derived terms

• 高雄港

 

Descendants

• → English: Kaohsiung, Kao Hsiung, Kao-hsiung, Gaosyong, Gaoxiong

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高	雄
たか Grade: 2	お Grade: S (ateji)
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
高尾

From earlier 高(たか)尾(お) (takao), in which 尾 is short for 尾根(おね) (one), thus literally “high mountain ridge”.

Proper noun

高(たか)雄(お) • (Takao) ^{←たかを (takawo)?}

1. name of a town in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
2. a male given name

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
高	雄
たか Grade: 2 (ateji)	お Grade: S (ateji)
kun’yomi

高(たか)雄(お) or 高雄(タカオ) • (Takao) ^{←たかを (takawo)?}

1. Kaohsiung (a city in southwestern Taiwan)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)
  • → Mandarin: 高雄 (Gāoxióng)
    • → English: Kaohsiung
    • → Korean: 가오슝 (Gaosyung)
    • → Russian: Гаосюн (Gaosjun)
  • → Min Nan: 高雄 (Ko-hiông)
  • → Vietnamese: Cao Hùng
• → English: Takao