蕪湖

See also: 芜湖

Chinese
overgrown with weeds lake
trad. (蕪湖) 蕪 湖
simp. (芜湖) 芜 湖

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蕪 湖
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 武夫切 戸吳切
Baxter mju hu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɨo/ /ɦuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mio/ /ɦuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mio/ /ɣo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /muə̆/ /ɦɔ/
Li
Rong		 /mio/ /ɣo/
Wang
Li		 /mĭu/ /ɣu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mi̯u/ /ɣuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wú hú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mou4 wu4

Proper noun

蕪湖

  1. (～市) Wuhu (a prefecture-level city in Anhui, China)

Descendants
  • → English: Wuhu

Interjection

蕪湖

  1. (Mandarin, Internet slang) woohoo

See also
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