臨川

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (臨川)		臨	川
simp. (临川)		临	川

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línchuan
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: lín-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linchuan
  - Palladius: линьчуань (linʹčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁴ cyun¹
  - Yale: làhm chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

臨川

to be facing a river

Derived terms

臨川羨魚／临川羡鱼

Proper noun

臨川

(～郡) (historical) Linchuan Commandery (an ancient commandery in modern-day Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)
(～區, formerly ～縣, ～市) Linchuan District (a district of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China)

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