広東

Japanese

Kanji in this term
広	東
かん Grade: 2	とん Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
廣東 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Canton (“Guangzhou; Guangdong”). The kanji is from Chinese 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠ntõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

広東(カントン) • (Kanton)

Guangdong (a province of China)
Synonym of 広州 (Kōshū, “Guangzhou”)

Derived terms

広(カン)東(トン)語(ご) (Kantongo): Cantonese

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
広	東
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
廣東 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

広(こう)東(とう) • (Kōtō)

Guangdong (a province of China)

See also

広(こう)西(せい) (Kōsei): Guangxi

Okinawan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷan̩tuŋ̍/

Proper noun

広東 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 廣東, hiragana くゎんとぅん, katakana クヮントゥン, rōmaji Kwantun)

Guangdong (a province of China)
Guangzhou (a city in Guangdong, China)

Derived terms

広(くゎん)東(とぅ)瓜(うい) (kwantu ui, “watermelon”)

References

“クヮントゥン” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary.
沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

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