福州

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (福州)		福	州
simp. #(福州)		福	州
alternative forms		虎糾／虎纠 slang 虎究 slang

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Fúzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fuk¹ zau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fuuk² ziu¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Fuk-chû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fug⁵ zu¹

• Northern Min (KCR): Hŭ-ciú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Hók-ciŭ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hok-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hog⁴ ziu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷foq-tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Fúzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Fújhou
    • Wade–Giles: Fu²-chou¹
    • Yale: Fú-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fwujou
    • Palladius: Фучжоу (Fučžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ zau¹
    • Yale: fūk jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fuuk² ziu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵk̚⁵⁵ t͡siu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fuk-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fug` zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fug⁵ zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuk̚² t͡su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fug⁵ zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fʊk̚¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Hŭ-ciú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Hók-ciŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huʔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Hok-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hokciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡siu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hog⁴ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hok tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hok̚²⁻⁴ t͡siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷foq-tseu
    • MiniDict: foh^入 tseu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴foq-tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foʔ³³ t͡sɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuwk tsyuw

Rime
Character	福	州
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方六切	職流切
Baxter	pjuwk	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuk̚/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/piuk̚/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/piuk̚/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwk̚/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/piuk̚/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/pĭuk̚/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯uk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fu	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk1	zau1

Proper noun

福州

1. (～市) Fuzhou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China)

Synonyms

• (poetic) 榕城 (Róngchéng)
• 三山 (Sānshān)

Derived terms

• 福州囝
• 福州戲／福州戏 (fúzhōuxì)
• 福州菜
• 福州話／福州话 (Fúzhōuhuà)
• 福州豆

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (福州):

• → Japanese: 福(ふく)州(しゅう) (Fukushū)
• → Korean: 복주(福州) (Bokju)
• → Vietnamese: Phúc Châu (福州)

Others:

• → English: Foochow, Fuchow, Fujhou, Fuzhou, Hokchew, Hockchew, Hokchiu
• → Korean: 푸저우 (Pujeou)
• → Russian: Фучжо́у (Fučžóu)
• → Zhuang: Fuzcouh
• → Spanish: Focheu, Fucheu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	州
ふく Grade: 3	しゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
福州 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

福(ふく)州(しゅう) • (Fukushū) 

1. Fuzhou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Fujian, China)