奎松

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (奎松)		奎	松
simp. ^#(奎松)		奎	松

Etymology

From an ellipsis of English Quezon City via Mandarin, where the aforementioned Quezon comes from the surname of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, which is from Spanish Quezon, which is from Hokkien [Term?], possibly 郭孫 (keh-sun) (compare Tuazon, Dizon, Lacson, Tiongson, etc.).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kuísōng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kuísōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kuéisong
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻuei²-sung¹
  - Yale: Kwéi-sūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kweisong
  - Palladius: Куйсун (Kujsun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰweɪ̯³⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: fūi chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

奎松

(～市) Quezon City (a city in Metro Manila, Philippines)

Synonyms

(Philippines) 計順／计顺 (Jìshùn)

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